Definitions
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- noun tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees
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- Azidarachia indica (meliaceae): this is a tree which is widespread in the dry areas of India and in the Sudano-Sahelian climate zones.
1.1. Forests 1982
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We were fortunate enough to make it first known as a new genus distinct from the cinchona, and belonging to the family of meliaceae, or of zanthoxylus.
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It is one of the _meliaceae_, or honey-trees, -- the
The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Mayne Reid 1850
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We were fortunate enough to make it first known as a new genus distinct from the cinchona, and belonging to the family of meliaceae, or of zanthoxylus.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Rational Review 2009
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