English

A neem

Noun

neem ‎(plural neems)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• (Azadirachta indica): margosa, Melia azadirachta (Translingual)

Derived terms

• neem cake

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːm
• IPA^(key): /neːm/

Verb

neem

1. first-person singular present indicative of nemen
2. imperative of nemen

Anagrams

• meen, mene, neme

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *neemi.

Noun

neem ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. (geography) cape, promontory, headland

Declension

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