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    SIMAROUBACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruitplay

    Synonyms:

    family Simaroubaceae; quassia family; Simaroubaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "Simaroubaceae"):

    bitterwood tree (any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste)

    genus Simarouba; Simarouba (type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark)

    genus Ailanthus (small genus of east Asian and Chinese trees with odd-pinnate leaves and long twisted samaras)

    genus Irvingia; Irvingia (wild mango)

    genus Kirkia; Kirkia (small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs)

    genus Picrasma; Picrasma (small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia)

    genus Quassia (tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers; bark is medicinal)

    Holonyms ("Simaroubaceae" is a member of...):

    Geraniales; order Geraniales (an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae)

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