Lithocarpus

noun

Lith·​o·​car·​pus

ˌlithəˈkärpəs,

-kȧp-

: a large genus of chiefly Asiatic evergreen trees (family Fagaceae) differing from Quercus mainly in the erect staminate catkins see oak, tanbark oak

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from lith- + -carpus

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