Definition of Family Caryocaraceae

1. Noun. Small genus of tropical South American trees.

Exact synonyms: Caryocaraceae
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Caryocar, Genus Caryocar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Caryocaraceae

family Capparidaceae
family Caprifoliaceae
family Caprimulgidae
family Caproidae
family Capromyidae
family Capsidae
family Carabidae
family Carangidae
family Carapidae
family Carcharhinidae
family Carchariidae
family Cardiidae
family Cariamidae
family Caricaceae
family Carpinaceae
family Caryocaraceae (current term)
family Caryophyllaceae
family Castoridae
family Casuaridae
family Casuarinaceae
family Cathartidae
family Catostomidae
family Caviidae
family Cebidae
family Cecidomyidae
family Cecropiaceae
family Celastraceae
family Centrarchidae
family Centriscidae
family Centropomidae

Literary usage of Family Caryocaraceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"154. Flowering branch of Caryocar glabrum, and fruit, partly sectioned, of C, nuci/crum, both greatly reduced. Redrawn from Engler. family Caryocaraceae. ..."

2. Economic plants of Porto Rico by Orator Fuller Cook, Guy N. Collins (1903)
"A tree belonging to the family Caryocaraceae. It is a native of Guiana, but has been cultivated in several of the West Indies. ..."

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