neem
nounUK /niːm/
Etymology Borrowed from Hindi नीम (nīm) / Urdu نِیم (nīm), from Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).
1
Azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield neem oil, the insecticide azadirachtin.
- 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, published 2009, page 108:
- Synonyms
- margosa, peelu, chinaberry, white cedar, Persian lilac, syringa berry, bead tree, azedarach