CARYOCARACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caryocaraceae mean? 

• CARYOCARACEAE (noun)
  The noun CARYOCARACEAE has 1 sense:

1. small genus of tropical South American trees

  Familiarity information: CARYOCARACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARYOCARACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of tropical South American trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Caryocaraceae; family Caryocaraceae

Hypernyms ("Caryocaraceae" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Caryocaraceae"):

Caryocar; genus Caryocar (type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts)

Holonyms ("Caryocaraceae" is a member of...):

Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)