Usually means: Pertaining to the mahogany family.
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  1. meliaceous: Merriam-Webster
  2. meliaceous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. meliaceous: Wordnik
  4. meliaceous: Wiktionary
  5. meliaceous: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Meliaceous, meliaceous: Dictionary.com
  7. Meliaceous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. meliaceous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Meliaceous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. meliaceous: FreeDictionary.org
  11. meliaceous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (meliaceous)

▸ adjective:  (botany) Of or relating to the family Meliaceae of plants of mahogany and its close relatives.

Similar:
meliolaceous, melastomataceous, melanthiaceous, melanthaceous, melanommataceous, melanconiaceous, melanconidaceous, malpighiaceous, malaceous, melampsoraceous, more...

Opposite:
non-meliaceous, unmeliaceous, unmeliorative

Types:
mahogany, teak, sandalwood, brazilwood, lignum vitae, ebony, rosewood, more...

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Similar:
meliolaceous, melastomataceous, melanthiaceous, melanthaceous, melanommataceous, melanconiaceous, melanconidaceous, malpighiaceous, malaceous, melampsoraceous, more...

Opposite:
non-meliaceous, unmeliaceous, unmeliorative

Types:
mahogany, teak, sandalwood, brazilwood, lignum vitae, ebony, rosewood, more...



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