| 单词 | meliaceous |
| 释义 | meliaceous[ mee-lee-ey-shuhs ] / ˌmi liˈeɪ ʃəs / adjectivebelonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants. Compare mahogany family. Origin of meliaceous1895–1900; <New Latin Meliace(ae) (equivalent to Meli(a) genus name (<Greek melía ash tree) + -aceae-aceae) + -ous Words nearby meliaceousMeleney's gangrene, M.El.Eng., Melete, meletin, -melia, meliaceous, Meliae, melic, melick, Méliès, melilite Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for meliaceous
British Dictionary definitions for meliaceousmeliaceous / (ˌmiːlɪˈeɪʃɪəs) / adjectiveof, relating to, or belonging to the Meliaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical trees, including mahogany, some of which yield valuable timber Word Origin for meliaceousC19: from New Latin Melia type genus, from Greek: ash Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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