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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Chloroxylon

genus Chirocephalus
genus Chironomus
genus Chiton
genus Chlamydera
genus Chlamydia
genus Chlamydomonas
genus Chlamydosaurus
genus Chlamyphorus
genus Chloranthus
genus Chlorella
genus Chloris
genus Chlorococcum
genus Chlorophis
genus Chlorophoneus
genus Chlorophyllum
genus Chloroxylon (current term)
genus Chlorura
genus Choeronycteris
genus Choloepus
genus Chondrus
genus Chordeiles
genus Chordospartium
genus Choriotis
genus Chorizagrotis
genus Chorizema
genus Christella
genus Chronoperates
genus Chrysanthemum
genus Chrysaora
genus Chrysemys

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 ..."

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