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Neem tree

An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. See Margosa.

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Tree 76% connected

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

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Margosa 92% connected

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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adventitious root noun · 78% connection

root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem

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A unknown · 78% connection

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Ahu noun · 78% connection

The Asiatic gazelle.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Angel noun · 78% connection

A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Antonomasia noun · 78% connection

The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majest…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Asian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Azedarach noun · 78% connection

A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and B…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Baptize verb · 78% connection

To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Benne noun · 78% connection

The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is ex…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Binturong noun · 78% connection

A small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Bulbul noun · 78% connection

The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliida…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Bummalo noun · 78% connection

A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Call verb · 78% connection

To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Camellia noun · 78% connection

An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Cholera noun · 78% connection

One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Colocynth noun · 78% connection

The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermel…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Daboia noun · 78% connection

A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica).

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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Elcesaite noun · 78% connection

One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: asiatic, name, melia, azadirachta, azedarach.
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