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Azadirachta
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Translingual
Etymology
mul ar أَزَادَرْخَتmul fa transcribed Azadiracht in Latin editions of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine which schematically Latinized all names, in this case by taking over the Arabic name unchanged and adding the suffix la -a 1 as trees use to be female in Latin.
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Meliaceae certain trees, including the neem