Melia Azadirachta

Melia Azadirachta
Margosa Mar*go"sa, n. [Pg. amargoso bitter.] (Bot.) A large tree of the genus {Melia} ({Melia Azadirachta}) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The {Melia Azedarach} is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as {Pride of India}, {Pride of China}, or {bead tree}. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic. [1913 Webster]

The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for wounds, having a peculiar smell which prevents the attacks of flies. --Sir S. Baker. [1913 Webster]


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  • Melia Azadirachta — Neem tree Neem tree [Hind. n[=i]m.] (Bot.) An Asiatic name for {Melia Azadirachta}, and {Melia Azedarach}. See {Margosa}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Melia Azadirachta — noun 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 • Syn: ↑neem, ↑neem tree, ↑nim tree, ↑margosa, ↑arishth, ↑Azadirachta… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Melia azadirachta L. — Symbol AZIN2 Synonym Symbol MEAZ2 Botanical Family Meliaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • AZADIRACHTA INDICA A. JUSS. - АЗАДИРАХТА ИНДИЙСКАЯ, МАРГОЗА, НИМ — см. 532. Дерево. A. indica A. Juss. А. индийская, Маргоза, Ним in Mém. Mus. Hist. Paris XIX (1830) 221. Burkill (1935) 1443. Wealth of India 1 (1948) 140, f. Hodge (1955) 100. Mitra (1963). S у n. Melia azadirachta L.; M. indica Brandis… …   Справочник растений

  • Azadirachta indica — Niembaum Niembaum (Azadirachta indica) Systematik Klasse: Dreifurchenpollen Zweikeimblättrige (Rosopsida) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Azadirachta indica — noun 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 • Syn: ↑neem, ↑neem tree, ↑nim tree, ↑margosa, ↑arishth, ↑Melia Azadirachta …   Useful english dictionary

  • Azadirachta indica —   Neem Un árbol de nim en la India …   Wikipedia Español

  • Azadirachta — noun genus of large important East Indian trees: neem trees • Syn: ↑genus Azadirachta • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Meliaceae, ↑family Meliaceae, ↑mahogany family …   Useful english dictionary

  • Melia Azedarach — Margosa Mar*go sa, n. [Pg. amargoso bitter.] (Bot.) A large tree of the genus {Melia} ({Melia Azadirachta}) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Melia Azedarach — Neem tree Neem tree [Hind. n[=i]m.] (Bot.) An Asiatic name for {Melia Azadirachta}, and {Melia Azedarach}. See {Margosa}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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