ˌkarəˈkāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Carica, type genus + -aceae
: a family of trees (order Parietales) native to tropical and subtropical America and Africa having milky juice, a rarely branched trunk, and large palmately lobed leaves and including the papaya and a few related plants
• car·i·ca·ceous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|kāshəs adjective