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margosa

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Margosa  \Mar*go"sa\,  n.  [Pg.  amargoso  bitter.]  (Bot.) 
  A  large  tree  of  genus  {Melia}  ({M.  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  {M.  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. 
 
  The  margosa  oil  .  .  .  is  a  most  valuable  balsam  for 
  wounds,  having  a  peculiar  smell  which  prevents  the 
  attacks  of  flies.  --Sir  S. 
  Baker. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  margosa 
  n  :  large  semi-evergreen  tree  of  East  India;  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}]




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