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neem  (nm)

n.

A tall, usually evergreen East Indian tree (Azadirachta indica) widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its timber, resin, bitter bark, and aromatic seed oil, which is used medicinally and as an insecticide.

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[Hindi nm, from Sanskrit nimba.]

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neem [niːm]

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a large tree of India, Azadirachta indica, all parts of which are useful to man: the leaves act as a natural pesticide, the fruit and seeds yield a medicinal oil, the bark is used to make a tonic, and the trunk exudes a gum

[from Hindi nīm, from Sanskrit nimba]

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neem - large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia arishth, Azadirachta indica, margosa, Melia Azadirachta, neem tree, nim tree Azadirachta, genus Azadirachta - genus of large important East Indian trees: neem trees neem seed - seed of neem trees; source of pesticides and fertilizer and medicinal products tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms