(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:06:58

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

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

 

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