SIMAROUBA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Simarouba mean? 

• SIMAROUBA (noun)
  The noun SIMAROUBA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark

  Familiarity information: SIMAROUBA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIMAROUBA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Simarouba; Simarouba

Hypernyms ("Simarouba" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Simarouba"):

marupa; Simarouba amara (tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack)

bitterwood; paradise tree; Simarouba glauca (medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits)

Holonyms ("Simarouba" is a member of...):

family Simaroubaceae; quassia family; Simaroubaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit)