Azadirachta indica
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Neem (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Hindi नीम (nīm), from Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /niːm/
Noun
neem (plural neems)
- Azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield the insecticide azadirachtin.
- 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic 2009, p. 108:
- He was standing at the gate, rubbing his teeth with a twig broken from a neem tree – which is what many poor people in my country do, Mr Premier, when they want to clean their teeth.
- 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic 2009, p. 108:
