Castanopsis

noun

evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand

• Syn: ↑genus Castanopsis

• Hypernyms: ↑hamamelid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Fagaceae, ↑family Fagaceae, ↑beech family

• Member Meronyms: ↑oak chestnut

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\\ˌkastəˈnäpsə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Castanea + -opsis

: a small genus of trees (family Fagaceae) that contains one or two species in the Pacific coastal United States and a number in Asia and is closely related to Castanea but whose members are distinguished by having numerous bud scales on each bud, persistent leaves, a 3-celled ovary, and a fruit consisting of a nut that ripens at the end of the second season — see chinquapin