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CARICA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas
Synonyms:
Carica; genus Carica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Carica" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Carica"):
Carica papaya; melon tree; papaia; papaya; papaya tree; pawpaw (tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit)
Holonyms ("Carica" is a member of...):
Caricaceae; family Caricaceae; papaya family (trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves)