genus Elaeocarpus

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1.genus Elaeocarpus - type genus of the family ElaeocarpaceaeElaeocarpusdilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsElaeocarpaceae, elaeocarpus family, family Elaeocarpaceae - genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family SantalaceaeBrisbane quandong, Elaeocarpus grandis, silver quandong tree, blue fig, quandong tree, quandong - Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit