meliaceous

[ mee-lee-ey-shuh s ]

/ ˌmi liˈeɪ ʃəs /

belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.

Compare mahogany family.

Origin of meliaceous

1895–1900; < New Latin Meliace(ae) (equivalent to Meli(a) genus name (< Greek melía ash tree) + -aceae -aceae) + -ous

melee, melena, meleney's gangrene, melete, meletin, meliaceous, meliae, melic, melick, melilite, melilla

At the village first reached in the ascent there is a Meliaceous Azedarach looking tree.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The |William Griffith

meliaceous

/ (ˌmiːlɪˈeɪʃɪəs) /

of, relating to, or belonging to the Meliaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical trees, including mahogany, some of which yield valuable timber

C19: from New Latin Melia type genus, from Greek: ash