caryōta, ae (caryōtis, idis, Mart. 11, 31; Stat. S. 1, 6, 20), f., = καρυῶτις, a kind of nut-shaped date, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 27; Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 116; 19, 5, 29, § 91; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 6 al.; these the Romans were accustomed to send on the Saturnalia and New Year's day as a present to their friends and patrons, Mart. 8, 33, 11; 13, 27, 1.