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cal·o·car·pum
\ˌkaləˈkärpəm\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from calo- + -carpum (irregular from Greek karpos fruit) — more at harvest
: a genus of tropical American trees (family Sapotaceae) having obovate to oblanceolate leaves clustered towards the branch ends, nearly sessile white flowers with densely imbricated sepals and filamentous staminodia, and a berrylike fruit — see marmalade tree |