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Lamia vs Zamia - What's the difference?

lamia | zamia |

As a noun lamia

is (lb) (monster with the body of a woman and the body of a serpent below the waist).

As a proper noun zamia is

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lamia

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A city in Greece.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    zamia

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia
  • *{{quote-book, year=1997, author=Knut Norstog & Trevor J. Nicholls, title=The Biology of the Cycads, page=19 citation
    • , passage=It was, in fact, the starchy stems that in some cases led to depletion of wild zamias in some regions of Florida.}}

    Hyponyms

    * coontie, sago zamia, Jamaica sago tree,  - type species

    Derived terms

    * zamia staggers

    See also

    * ("zamia" on Wikipedia) * ("zamia" species on Wikimedia) ----