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car·i·ca·ce·ae
\ˌkarəˈkāsēˌē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Carica, type genus + -aceae
: 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
• car·i·ca·ceous \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|kāshəs\ adjective |