Caricaceae
plural noun
Car·i·ca·ce·ae
ˌkarəˈkāsēˌē
: a family of trees (order Parietales) native to tropical and subtropical America and Africa having milky juice, a rarely branched trunk, and large palmately lobed leaves and including the papaya and a few related plants
caricaceous adjective
¦⸗⸗¦kāshəs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Carica, type genus + -aceae