Elaeocarpus

noun

Elae·​o·​car·​pus

: a genus (the type of the family Elaeocarpaceae) of Indian and Australian trees and shrubs having simple leaves and small racemose flowers and including some species valuable as timber trees see brisbane quandong

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from elaio- + -carpus

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