family Meliaceae

Definitions of family Meliaceae
  1. noun
    tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees
    synonyms: Meliaceae, mahogany family
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    type of:
    rosid dicot family
    a family of dicotyledonous plants
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