noun
tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees
• Syn: ↑Meliaceae, ↑family Meliaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Geraniales, ↑order Geraniales
• Member Meronyms:
↑mahogany, ↑mahogany tree, ↑Melia, ↑genus Melia, ↑Azadirachta, ↑genus Azadirachta, ↑Cedrela, ↑genus Cedrela, ↑Chloroxylon, ↑genus Chloroxylon, ↑Entandrophragma, ↑genus Entandrophragma, ↑Flindersia, ↑genus Flindersia, ↑Khaya, ↑genus Khaya, ↑genus Lansium, ↑Lovoa, ↑genus Lovoa, ↑Swietinia, ↑genus Swietinia, ↑Toona, ↑genus Toona, ↑genus Turreae
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the plant family Meliaceae, characterized by tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs having alternate, pinnate leaves, usually branched clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or leathery capsule, and including the chinaberry, cedars of the genus Cedrela, and mahoganies of the genera Swietenia and Khaya.
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mahogany family,
a group of dicotyledonous tropical trees and shrubs with hard wood, frequently scented, including the mahogany and chinaberry.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.