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Sometimes placed in genus Melia
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margosa
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
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n. neem (tree)
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 , arishth , Azadirachta indica , Melia Azadirachta ...