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Definition of Genus chloroxylon
1. Noun. Deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka.
Exact synonyms: Chloroxylon
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Meliaceae, Mahogany Family, Meliaceae
Member holonyms: Chloroxylon Swietenia, Satinwood, Satinwood Tree
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Meliaceae, Mahogany Family, Meliaceae
Member holonyms: Chloroxylon Swietenia, Satinwood, Satinwood Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Chloroxylon
Literary usage of Genus chloroxylon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations on New Vegetable Fossils of the Auriferous Drifts by Ferdinand von Mueller (1874)
"... is in reality more closely allied to the genus Chloroxylon (the only species
of which yielding the beautiful East Indian satinwood, commercially and ..."