mahogany family

noun

the plant family Meliaceae, characterized by tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs having alternate, pinnate leaves, usually branched clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or leathery capsule, and including the chinaberry, cedars of the genus Cedrela, and mahoganies of the genera Swietenia and Khaya.

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Words nearby mahogany family

mahlstick, mahmud ii, mahmud of ghazni, mahoe, mahogany, mahogany family, mahomet, mahometan, mahonia, mahound, mahout
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