kəˈrīəˌkär, ˈkarēōˌ- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from cary- + Greek kar head; from the size of the fruit; akin to Greek kara head — more at cerebral
: a genus (the type of the family Caryocaraceae) of So. American trees having strong fine-grained wood useful for furniture and shipbuilding and bearing edible seeds — see souari nut