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meliaceous

meliaceous adjective: of or relating to the family Meliaceae of plants of mahogany and its close relatives.

Adjective

meliaceous (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the family Meliaceae of plants of mahogany and its close relatives.
    • Mahogany is a meliaceous plant.

Origin of meliaceous

Meliaceae + -ous

Questions about meliaceous

What does meliaceous mean?
Meliaceous means of or relating to the family Meliaceae of plants of mahogany and its close relatives.
What part of speech is meliaceous?
Meliaceous is an adjective.

Words near meliaceous in the dictionary

  1. Melhorns
  2. Melhuish
  3. Melhuishes
  4. Meli
  5. Melia
  6. meliaceous
  7. meliacin
  8. meliacinolin
  9. Melian
  10. melianol
  11. melianone

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