HyperDic: genus_carya

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Carya:
NOUNplantgenus Carya, Caryagenus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees
English > genus Carya: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China.
SynonymCarya
Member ofJuglandaceae, family Juglandaceae, walnut familyTrees having usually edible nuts
Membersbig shellbark, big shellbark hickory, big shagbark, king nut, king nut hickory, Carya laciniosahickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger / larger nut
bitternut, bitternut hickory, bitter hickory, bitter pignut, swamp hickory, Carya cordiformishickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
hickory, hickory treeAmerican hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
mockernut, mockernut hickory, black hickory, white-heart hickory, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosaSmooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
nutmeg hickory, Carya myristicaeformis, Carya myristiciformishickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard nutmeg-shaped nuts
pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsisTree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts
pignut, pignut hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, Carya glabraAn American hickory tree having bitter nuts
shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory, Carya ovataNorth American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
water hickory, bitter pecan, water bitternut, Carya aquaticahickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishcarya, genus carya
Catalancarya, genus carya

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