meliáceo, a.
(Of the Gr. ?, ash, and -áceo).
1. adj. Bot. He said dicotiledonous angiospermos shrubs and trees in warm climates, with rarely simple, alternate leaves, flowers in panicles, mostly axillary, and capsular fruit with seeds of albumen fleshy or without it; e.g. mahogany and the old. U t. c. s. f.
2. f. pl. Bot. These plant family.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
