| NOUN | plant | Simarouba, genus Simarouba | type genus of Simaroubaceae |
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| Meaning | type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark. | |
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| Synonym | genus Simarouba | |
| Member of | Simaroubaceae, family Simaroubaceae, quassia family | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit |
| Members | marupa, Simarouba amara | Tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack |
| paradise tree, bitterwood, 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 | |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
| Spanish | genus simarouba, simarouba | |
| Catalan | genus simarouba, simarouba | |
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