(ש"ע) אדזרכת. עץ נוי ממשפחת האזדרכתיים. פירותיו ארסיים ומכילים שמן. בעל חשיבות ברפואה העממית. שמו הלטיני Melia azedarach.

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Noun
1. type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash
(synonym) genus Melia
(hypernym) rosid dicot genus
(member-holonym) Meliaceae, family Meliaceae, mahogany family
(member-meronym) chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach

[Greek] A Greek nymph, the daughter of Oceanus. By Inachus she became the mother of Phoroneus and Aegealeus or Phegeus. According to other she was the mother of Amycus by Poseidon.

Melia (Greek) Nymph, mother of Phoroneus. {SD 2:529-20}