Cryptocarya

noun
Cryp·​to·​car·​ya | \ -ˈka(a)rēə\

Definition of Cryptocarya

: a genus of tropical trees (family Lauraceae) having flowers with nine fertile and three sterile stamens and with the ripened ovary embedded in the succulent calyx tube

History and Etymology for Cryptocarya

New Latin, from crypt- + -carya (from Greek karyon nut)

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