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Definition of Genus Carica
1. Noun. Type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Caricaceae, Family Caricaceae, Papaya Family
Member holonyms: Carica Papaya, Melon Tree, Papaia, Papaya, Papaya Tree, Pawpaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Carica
Literary usage of Genus Carica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Botany and Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students of by Henry Kraemer (1908)
"... the best known of which is the genus Carica. The l'apaw or Melon tree (Carica
Papaya) is a small tree with a straight. slender, usually unbranched trunk ..."
2. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"This family is composed of two genera of latex-containing trees growing in tropical
America, the best known of which is the genus Carica. ..."
3. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"This family is composed of two genera of latex-containing trees growing in tropical
America, the best known of which is the genus Carica. ..."
4. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"All the species of the genus ficus, and also of the allied genus carica, are said
to have the singular property of rendering raw meat tender, ..."
5. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"... of the allied genus Carica, are said to have the singular property of rendering
raw meat tender when hung beneath their shade. ..."
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