simaroubaceae

Noun
  1. Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit (synset 112736329)
    is a type of: rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants
    member holonym:
    • bitterwood tree - any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
    • genus simarouba, simarouba - type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark
    • genus ailanthus - small genus of east Asian and Chinese trees with odd-pinnate leaves and long twisted samaras
    • genus irvingia, irvingia - wild mango
    • genus kirkia, kirkia - small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs
    • genus picrasma, picrasma - small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia
    • genus quassia - tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers; bark is medicinal
    belongs to: geraniales, order geraniales - an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae
    same as: family simaroubaceae, quassia family

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