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podocarp(dictionary)

podocarp (iou)



podocarp noun. . M19.
[mod. Latin Podocarpus (see below), from PODO- + Greek karpos fruit.]
Any of various coniferous trees and shrubs, chiefly of the southern hemisphere, which constitute the genus Podocarpus (family Podocarpaceae), and in which the seed is surrounded by a fleshy, often brightly coloured, receptacle.