Definition of Dacrycarpus

1. Noun. Evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines.

Exact synonyms: Genus Dacrycarpus
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Family Podocarpaceae, Podocarpaceae, Podocarpus Family

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dacrycarpus

Dacelo gigas
Dachau
Dachfenster
Dacia
Dacian
Dacians
Dacninae
Daco-Romanian
Dacota
Dacotah
Dacotahs
Dacotas
Dacres
Dacridium laxifolius
Dacron
Dacrycarpus (current term)
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Dacrydium
Dacrydium bidwilli
Dacrydium colensoi
Dacrydium cupressinum
Dacrydium franklinii
Dacrymyces
Dacrymycetaceae
Dactylaria
Dactylis
Dactylis glomerata
Dactyloctenium
Dactyloctenium aegypticum
Dactylopiidae

Literary usage of Dacrycarpus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pinetum: Being a Synopsis of All the Coniferous Plants at Present Known by George Gordon, Robert Glendinning (1858)
"Dacrycarpus, the Dacrydium-fruited Podocarpus. Leaves, many-formed, and either three-sided or needle-shaped, and in five rows, or spreading, linear, ..."

2. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1863)
"... which would render the plant a highly desirable acquisition to our hothouses. I subjoin a brief description. PODOCARPUS? (Dacrycarpus? ..."

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