Cār'i-că, n.

n. [Lat. carica (sc. ficus), a kind of dry fig, from Caricus, -a, -um, Carian, belonging to Caria, a province in Asia Minor, rich in fig-trees.] (Bot.) (a.) A genus of plants, of which the Papaw is one species. See PAPAW. (b.) A species of Ficus, from which the common fig is gathered; Ficus carica. London.