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MELIA

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

genus Melia; Melia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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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