noun
chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit
• Syn: ↑Simaroubaceae, ↑family Simaroubaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Geraniales, ↑order Geraniales
• Member Meronyms:
↑bitterwood tree, ↑Simarouba, ↑genus Simarouba, ↑genus Ailanthus, ↑Irvingia, ↑genus Irvingia, ↑Kirkia, ↑genus Kirkia, ↑Picrasma, ↑genus Picrasma, ↑genus Quassia
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the plant family Simaroubaceae, characterized by tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs having pinnately compound leaves, clusters of flowers, fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, or fleshy or winged fruit, and a bitter bark used medicinally, and including the ailanthus and quassia.
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quassia family,
a group of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of warm regions, having bitter bark and flowers in panicles or racemes. The family includes the quassia and ailanthus.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.