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Definition of Caracolito
1. Noun. Large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families.
Group relationships: Genus Ruptiliocarpon, Ruptiliocarpon
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caracolito
Literary usage of Caracolito
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"Behind these followed the most celebrated banderilleros of Spain: El Tos- tao,
El caracolito, El Ardura, ..."
2. Reconnaissance hydrographique des côtes occidentales du Centre Amérique by Françios Théodore de Lapelin (1854)
"Sa largeur, qui est de l mille un tiers au Sud de caracolito, n'est plus que de
trois ... Dès que l'on relève au NNE caracolito, qui est un îlot peu élevé, ..."
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