CERATOCARPUS, in botany: A genus of the monandria order, belonging to the monœcia class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 12th order, Holocaræa. The male calyx is bipartite;
there is no corolla; the filament is long: The female calyx is diphyllous, and grown to the germin; there is no corolla; the styles are two; the seed is two-horned and compressed.