Caricaceae
plural noun
Car·i·ca·ce·ae
ˌkarəˈkāsēˌē
: 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
caricaceous
adjective
¦⸗⸗¦kāshəs
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