'Melia Azedarach' definitions:

Definition of 'Melia azedarach'

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noun
Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree [syn: chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride- of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach]

Definition of 'Melia Azedarach'

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  • 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] Margravate

Definition of 'Melia Azedarach'

From: GCIDE
  • Neem tree \Neem" tree`\ [Hind. n[imac]m.] (Bot.) An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and {Melia Azedarach}. See Margosa. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Melia azedarach'

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  • Bead \Bead\ (b[=e]d), n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid, G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. pei`qein to persuade, L. fidere to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics to count their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every time a prayer is said. Cf. Sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to count. See Bid, in to bid beads, and Bide.]
  • 1. A prayer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads,
  • to be at one's beads,
  • to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Any small globular body; as, (a) A bubble in spirits. (b) A drop of sweat or other liquid. "Cold beads of midnight dew." --Wordsworth. (c) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). (d) (Arch.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments. (e) (Chem.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Bead and butt (Carp.), framing in which the panels are flush, having beads stuck or run upon the two edges. --Knight.
  • Bead mold, a species of fungus or mold, the stems of which consist of single cells loosely jointed together so as to resemble a string of beads. [Written also bead mould.]
  • Bead tool, a cutting tool, having an edge curved so as to make beads or beading.
  • Bead tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Melia, the best known species of which (Melia azedarach), has blue flowers which are very fragrant, and berries which are poisonous. [1913 Webster]