Definition of podocarpus Podocarpus
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What does podocarpus mean?
WordNet
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| podocarpus - evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae | ||
| genus Podocarpus | ||
| gymnosperm genus a genus of gymnosperms | ||
| family podocarpaceae, podocarpaceae, podocarpus family gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves | ||
| podocarp any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed | ||
| podocarpus coriaceus, yacca, yacca podocarp West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves | ||
| brown pine, podocarpus elatus, rockingham podocarp large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure | ||
| african yellowwood, cape yellowwood, podocarpus elongatus South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown | ||
| podocarpus latifolius, south-african yellowwood erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves | ||
| alpine totara, podocarpus nivalis low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains | ||
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Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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podocarpus
pod-ō-kär′pus, n. a genus of tropical coniferous trees. [Gr. pous, podos, foot, karpos, fruit.]
Part of speech
🔤- podocarpus, noun, singular of podocarpuses / podocarpusses.
