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Calocarpum

noun

a genus of tropical American trees of the family Sapotaceae

• Syn: ↑genus Calocarpum

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sapotaceae, ↑family Sapotaceae, ↑sapodilla family

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\\ˌkaləˈkärpəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from calo- + -carpum (irregular from Greek karpos fruit) — more at harvest

: a genus of tropical American trees (family Sapotaceae) having obovate to oblanceolate leaves clustered towards the branch ends, nearly sessile white flowers with densely imbricated sepals and filamentous staminodia, and a berrylike fruit — see marmalade tree

Useful english dictionary. 2012.