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    GENUS MELIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ashplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Melia; Melia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Melia" is a kind of...):

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Melia"):

    azedarach; azederach; China tree; chinaberry; chinaberry tree; Melia azedarach; Melia azederach; Persian lilac; pride-of-India (tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree)

    Holonyms ("genus Melia" is a member of...):

    family Meliaceae; mahogany family; Meliaceae (tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees)

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