zamia
/ˈzeɪmɪə/( <澳> 亦作zamia palm)
noun
1- an American or Australian cycad, some kinds of which produce roots or seeds that are edible after careful preparation泽米（产于美国和澳大利亚的一种苏铁科植物）。
1.1
- Genera Zamia (of America) and Macrozamia (of Australia), family Zamiaceae.泽米属（美洲）和叠鳞苏铁属（澳洲）, 泽米科。
词源
early 19th cent.: modern Latin， from zamiae, misreading (in Pliny) of azaniae 'pine cones'.