Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, natural order Ternstrœmiaceæ, consisting of 8 species of lofty trees, natives of tropical America.
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- noun type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts
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The seeds have two very distinct coverings, and this circumstance renders the structure of the fruit more complicated than in the lecythis, the pekea or caryocar, and the saouvari.
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The seeds have two very distinct coverings, and this circumstance renders the structure of the fruit more complicated than in the lecythis, the pekea or caryocar, and the saouvari.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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