Caryocar
noun
Cary·o·car
kəˈrīəˌkär,
ˈkarēōˌ-
: a genus (the type of the family Caryocaraceae) of South American trees having strong fine-grained wood useful for furniture and shipbuilding and bearing edible seeds see souari nut
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from cary- + Greek kar head; from the size of the fruit; akin to Greek kara head