podocarpus

podocarpus Definition

podo·car·pus (pä′də kär′pəs)

noun

any of a genus (Podocarpus) of tropical, evergreen trees and shrubs of the podocarp family with flattened needles, small cones, and fleshy seeds

Etymology: ModL < Gr pous (gen. podos), foot + karpos, fruit: see harvest

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