noun
type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts
• Syn: ↑genus Caryocar
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryocaraceae, ↑family Caryocaraceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑souari, ↑souari nut, ↑souari tree, ↑Caryocar nuciferum
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\\kəˈrīəˌkär, ˈkarēōˌ-\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from cary- + Greek kar head; from the size of the fruit; akin to Greek kara head — more at cerebral
: a genus (the type of the family Caryocaraceae) of So. American trees having strong fine-grained wood useful for furniture and shipbuilding and bearing edible seeds — see souari nut
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Caryocar /kärˈi-ō-kär/
noun
The butternut genus of plants, giving name to the family Caryocarāˈceae /-si-ē/
ORIGIN: Gr karyon nut, and karā head
Useful english dictionary. 2012.