simarubáceo, a.
(Of simaruba, name of a genus of plants).
1. adj. Bot. He says of trees or dicotiledonous angiospermos shrubs, almost all of hot countries, and which often contain bitter principles in its bark. Are commonly scattered leaves, regular Unisexual flowers, rarely hermaphrodites, fruit usually drupe and seed without albumen; p. ej. the cuasia. U t. c. s. f.
2. f. pl. Bot. These plant family.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
