margosa

[ mahr-goh-suh ]

noun

1. neem ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of margosa¹

1805–15; aphetic < Portuguese amargosa, feminine of amargoso bitter

Example Sentences

She was helping me with a Bengali primer, what time I could spare my gaze from the near-by parrots eating ripe margosa fruit.

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Several groves of margosa trees are said to flourish in her vicinity.

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On the following day, all the old pots are thrown away, and the agnates eat rice cooked with margosa (Melia Azadirachta) leaves.

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A meal, called pithapona (bitter food), consisting of rice and margosa (Melia Azadirachta) leaves, is partaken of by agnates only.

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Children who suffer from fits are branded with a twig of margosa or with a glass bangle.

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