Meles meles
— Noun
– English
~ a variety of badger native to Europe and Asia
Melia Azadirachta
— Noun
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~ large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia
Melia azederach
— Noun
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~ tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
Melia azedarach
— Noun
– English
~ tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
Melia
— Noun
– English
~ type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash
Meliaceae
— Noun
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~ tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees
Melicocca
— Noun
– English
~ tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries
Melicocca bijugatus
— Noun
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~ tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
Melicocca bijuga
— Noun
– English
~ tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
Melicoccus
— Noun
– English
~ tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries
Melicytus
— Noun
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~ a genus of deciduous shrubs or trees; fruit is a berry; grow in New Zealand and Fiji and Solomon Islands
melilot
— Noun
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~ erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement
Melilotus alba
— Noun
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~ biennial plant; valuable honey plant
melilotus
— Noun
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~ erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement
Melinae
— Noun
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~ subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers
melioration
— Noun
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~ the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
melioration
— Noun
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~ a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement"
melioration
— Noun
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~ the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
meliorative
— Adjective
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~ tending to ameliorate
meliorism
— Noun
– English
~ the belief that the world can be made better by human effort