Definition of Podocarp

1. Noun. Any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed.

Group relationships: Genus Podocarpus, Podocarpus
Generic synonyms: Conifer, Coniferous Tree

Definition of Podocarp

1. n. A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit.

Definition of Podocarp

1. Noun. Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus ''Podocarpus'', from the southern hemisphere ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Podocarp

1. designating a family of evergreen trees [adj]

Medical Definition of Podocarp

1. A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit. Origin: Podo- + Gr. Fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Podocarp

poditic
poditis
podium
podiums
podlet
podlets
podley
podleys
podlike
podo-
podobranch
podobranchia
podobranchs
podobromidrosis
podocalyxin
podocarp (current term)
podocarps
podocarpus
podocarpus family
podocarpuses
podocephalous
podocin
podocnemidid
podocnemidids
podocyte
podocytes
pododermatitis
pododynamometer
pododynia

Literary usage of Podocarp

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

1. A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Island of Porto Santo and the by Richard Thomas Lowe (1868)
"... strongly ribbed with a short oblique pale disk -like foot or podocarp at the base and 2 or 3 ..."

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