Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to or resembling the Meliaceæ. Also
cedrelaceous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacæ) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Of or relating to the
Meliaceae , afamily of plants of which thegenus Melia is thetype .
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Examples
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A.Juss. and other meliaceous plants: sources of unique natural products for integrated pest management, medicine, industry and other purposes.
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H. (ed.) (1995): The Neem Tree Azadirachta indica A.Juss. and other meliaceous plants.
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A.Juss. and other meliaceous plants: sources of unique natural products for integrated pest management, medicine, industry and other purposes.
3. Investment costs of setting up a neem-processing plant 2000
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-- A meliaceous plant, native of tropical America, where it grows to a height of 60 to 80 feet.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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