caryocar

1. 1.

   type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts

   Synonymsgenus Caryocar

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofCaryocaraceae

Other forms of caryocar

plural

caryocars·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about caryocar

What does caryocar mean?

caryocar means "type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts".

How many syllables are in caryocar?

caryocar has 3 syllables: ca-ryo-car. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for caryocar?

Close synonyms include genus Caryocar. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is caryocar a common word?

caryocar is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.