Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
hyd·no·car·pus Pronunciation:
-'kär-p&s Function:
noun 1 capitalized : a genus of trees (familyFlacourtiaceae) of Indonesia and Malaysia having alternate leaves, small dioecious racemose flowers, and capsular fruits of which several are sources of chaulmoogra oil and hydnocarpus oil
2 : any tree of the genus
Hydnocarpus
