podo·car·pus \ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkärpəs\noun Etymology: New Latin, from pod- + -carpus 1.capitalized: a genus of evergreen trees (family Taxaceae) widely distributed in the southern hemisphere and having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed — see black pine, kahikatea, miro, plum fir, yacca 2.-es: any tree of the genus Podocarpus