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Definition of Mahogany family
1. Noun. Tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Geraniales, Order Geraniales
Member holonyms: Mahogany, Mahogany Tree, Genus Melia, Melia, Azadirachta, Genus Azadirachta, Cedrela, Genus Cedrela, Chloroxylon, Genus Chloroxylon, Entandrophragma, Genus Entandrophragma, Flindersia, Genus Flindersia, Genus Khaya, Khaya, Genus Lansium, Genus Lovoa, Lovoa, Genus Swietinia, Swietinia, Genus Toona, Toona, Genus Turreae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mahogany Family
Literary usage of Mahogany family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"E. OR mahogany family. A family of tropical and sub-tropical trees and shrubs,
having mostly alternate and compound leaves and axillary clusters or racemes ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"mahogany family. Fig. 31. Trees or shrubs: leaves usually alternate, pinnate or
rarely simple: flowers bisexual, rarely unisexual, panicled; sepals 4-5, ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"Near the eastern end of the long bridge are trees illustrating the senna family,
the pea family, the rue family, and the mahogany family. ..."
4. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"... OR mahogany family. A family of tropical and sub-tropical trees and shrubs,
having mostly alternate and compound leaves and axillary clusters or racemes ..."
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