genus melia

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   type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash

   SynonymsMelia

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofMeliaceae

Questions about genus melia

What does genus melia mean?

genus melia means "type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash".

What is another word for genus melia?

Close synonyms include Melia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus melia a common word?

genus melia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.