GENUS CARICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Carica mean? 

• GENUS CARICA (noun)
  The noun GENUS CARICA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas

  Familiarity information: GENUS CARICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CARICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Carica; genus Carica

Hypernyms ("genus Carica" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Carica"):

Carica papaya; melon tree; papaia; papaya; papaya tree; pawpaw (tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit)

Holonyms ("genus Carica" is a member of...):

Caricaceae; family Caricaceae; papaya family (trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves)