| Noun | 1. | caracolito - large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families genus Ruptiliocarpon, Ruptiliocarpon - new (1993) genus of trees of Central America now recognized as similar to those of genus Lepidobotrys tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |