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    GENUS SIMAROUBA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter barkplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Simarouba; Simarouba

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    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Simarouba"):

    marupa; Simarouba amara (tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack)

    bitterwood; paradise tree; Simarouba glauca (medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits)

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

    family Simaroubaceae; quassia family; Simaroubaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit)

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