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Pterocarya

noun

Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts

• Syn: ↑genus Pterocarya

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Juglandaceae, ↑family Juglandaceae, ↑walnut family

• Member Meronyms: ↑wing nut, ↑wing-nut

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\\-ˈka(a)rēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from pter- + Greek karya nut tree, from karyon nut — more at careen

: a genus of Asiatic trees (family Juglandaceae) having thin-shelled nuts subtended by bracteoles that become enlarged in the two-winged fruit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.