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nouna joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bonestype of:part of:
Definition that contains carpus
- cube any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
- metacarpal of or relating to the metacarpus
- fagaceae chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus
- genus afrocarpus dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus
- metacarpus the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges
- prumnopitys mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus
- skunk cabbage clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe
- hydnocarpus oil oil from seeds of trees of the genus Hydnocarpus especially Hydnocarpus wightiana (Hydnocarpus laurifolia)
- cape primrose any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers
- capitate the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus