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Definition of Dacrycarpus
1. Noun. Evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines.
Exact synonyms: Genus Dacrycarpus
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Family Podocarpaceae, Podocarpaceae, Podocarpus Family
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Family Podocarpaceae, Podocarpaceae, Podocarpus Family
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dacrycarpus
Literary usage of Dacrycarpus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pinetum: Being a Synopsis of All the Coniferous Plants at Present Known by George Gordon, Robert Glendinning (1858)
"dacrycarpus, the Dacrydium-fruited Podocarpus. Leaves, many-formed, and either
three-sided or needle-shaped, and in five rows, or spreading, linear, ..."
2. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1863)
"... which would render the plant a highly desirable acquisition to our hothouses.
I subjoin a brief description. PODOCARPUS? (dacrycarpus? ..."