Definition of Elaeocarpus

Noun: elaeocarpus family

1. Genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae
   - Elaeocarpaceae, family Elaeocarpaceae

1. Type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae
   - genus Elaeocarpus

See also:
Elaeocarpaceae
Elagatis