| Noun | 1. | genus Carica - type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayasdilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Caricaceae, family Caricaceae, papaya family - trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves Carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree, pawpaw - tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit |