Cedrela'ceæ, Cedrelads

n. pl. ( Bot.) The Mahogany fatu, and ord. of plants, alliance Rutales. - DIAG. Consolidated capsular fruit, deeply monadelphous or free stamens, and numerous winged seeds. They are trees with alternate, pinnate, exstipulate leaves. The flowers are hypogynous and symmetrical; calyx and corolla with 4 or 5 divisions, both imbricated in æstivation; stamens double the number of petals, with united or distinct filaments, and inserted on a hypogynous disc; ovary usually 4 or 5-celled, with 4 or more ovules, and a simple style. The plants of this order have aromatic, tonic, astringent, and febrifugal properties, and many of them are valuable timber-trees. The Mahogany and Satin-wood belong to this order, which includes 25 species in 9 genera. sepals and petals 4-5, imbricated in æstivation; stamens equal in number to, and alternate with the petals, and inserted with them on a large, flat, expanded disc; ovary superior, placentas axile; fruit superior, 2-5celled. The plants are chiefly remarkable for the presence of an acrid principle. The seeds of some contain Ced'ron. See KIDRON. Ced'ron, in Ohio , a post-office of Clermont co. Ced'rone Seed. See SIMABA.