melia

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1. type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	rosid dicot genus,
definition	:	a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	azedarach, azederach, china tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, melia azedarach, melia azederach, persian lilac, pride-of-india,
definition	:	tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family meliaceae, mahogany family, meliaceae,
definition	:	tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees (noun.plant)