Colloquial
101Fannie Mae — Colloquial name in the USA for the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) …
102Freddie Mac — Colloquial name in the USA for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) …
103armor — Colloquial, referring to a collection of persistent leaf bases that ‘protect’ a caudex. Cf. caducous …
104common name — Colloquial or vernacular name; it should be noted that many cycad species do not have common names …
105cone scale — Colloquial for sporophyll …
106crack — Colloquial, in reference to the spaces between megasporophylls occurring when a female cone becomes receptive to pollination …
107cracking — Colloquial, the act or process of megasporophylls separating at receptivity …
108creeping — Colloquial for procumbent or prostrate. Cf. erect …
109face — Colloquial for the terminal facet of a sporophyll bulla …
110floater — Colloquial for a cycad seed deemed (often mistakenly) nonviable when float tested in water. Cf. sinker …