GENUS CARYOCAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Caryocar mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CARYOCAR (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Caryocar; genus Caryocar

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Caryocar"):

Caryocar nuciferum; souari; souari nut; souari tree (large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil)

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

Caryocaraceae; family Caryocaraceae (small genus of tropical South American trees)