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Definition of Caryocar nuciferum
1. Noun. Large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil.
Terms within: Souari Nut
Group relationships: Caryocar, Genus Caryocar
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caryocar Nuciferum
Literary usage of Caryocar nuciferum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland (1827)
"... grows in it's wild state the igua, a tree that resembles the caryocar nuciferum,
which is cultivated in Dutch and French Guyana, and which, ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"... Caryocar nuciferum, may be taken as typical of the genus; it is a lofty forest
tree with very durable timber, largely employed in ship-building. ..."
3. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland, Thomasina Ross (1852)
"state, the igua, a tree resembling the Caryocar nuciferum, which is cultivated
in Dutch and French Guiana, and which, ..."
4. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland, Thomasina Ross (1871)
"state, the igua, a tree resembling the Caryocar nuciferum, which is cultivated
in Dutch and French Guiana, and which, with the almendrón of Mariquita ..."
5. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"Another :;--ios Caryocar nuciferum, bears what are * ' ::••.••.! the Suwarrow,
or more properly ..."
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