MELIACEOUS

Etymology

Adjective

meliaceous (not comparable)

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

Anagrams

• limeaceous

Source: Wiktionary


Me`li*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)

Definition: Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacæ) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 July 2024

DITHER

(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”


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