Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An East Indian tree, Azadirachta Indica (Melia Azadirachta). Its fruit yields a concrete fixed oil. Also called
nim or neem.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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. TheMelia Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known asPride of India ,Pride of China , orbead tree . Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic.
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- noun
neem (tree)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
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Examples
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The herbal products that have been known to cause such problems include comfrey; mat tea; gordolobo herbal tea; Chinese herb preparations such as jin bu huan; germander; chaparral leaf; and margosa oil.
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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She was helping me with a Bengali primer, what time I could spare my gaze from the near-by parrots eating ripe margosa fruit.
Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935
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She was helping me with a Bengali primer, what time I could spare my gaze from the near-by parrots eating ripe margosa fruit.
Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922
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On this fan they spread a few margosa leaves and go from door to door singing, Lady frog must have her bath.
Chapter 5. The Magical Control of the Weather. § 2. The Magical Control of Rain 1922
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The neem-tree is better known, perhaps, as the margosa.
The Social History of Smoking George Latimer Apperson 1897
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The margosa (_Azadirachta Indica_), the satin wood, the Ceylon oak, and the tamarind and ebony, are examples of the larger trees; and in the extreme north and west the Palmyra palm takes the place of the coco-nut, and not only lines the shore, but fills the landscape on every side with its shady and prolific groves.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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The tragedy began on a bright, lovely autumn morning, with a light breeze blowing through the towering tamarind and margosa trees in the sprawling compound at 1 Safdarjang Road in New
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Prior to nightfall, the margosa or kohomba leaves, are burnt in the verandah so the smoke will deter the mosquitoes that now are a nuisance and not infectious.
Kottu 2009
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The general procedure is to give an enema with lukewarm or margosa water.
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The general procedure is to give an enema with lukewarm or margosa water.
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