neem
/niːm/
neem noun: azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield neem oil, the insecticide azadirachtin.
Noun
neem (plural neems)
- 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
neem meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
neem in Hindi
- Azadirachta indica
- नीम nīm
neem in Tamil
- Azadirachta indica
- வேம்பு vēmpu, வேப்பமரம் vēppamaram
neem in Urdu
- Azadirachta indica
- نِیم nīm
neem in Bengali
- Azadirachta indica
- নিম nim
More languagesFewer languages
- neem in Telugu
- వేప vēpa
- neem in Malayalam
- ആര്യവേപ്പ് āryavēppŭ
- neem in Kannada
- ಬೇವು bēvu
- neem in Punjabi
- ਨਿੰਮ nimm, نِمّ nimm
- neem in Gujarati
- લીમડો līmḍo
- neem in Odia
- ନିମ୍ବ nimba
- neem in Sinhala
- කොහොඹ kohoᵐba
- neem in Assamese
- নিম nim
- neem in Nepali
- नीम nīm
- neem in Arabic
- أَزَادَرْخَت ʔazādarḵat, شِرِيش širīš
- neem in Malay
- mambu
- neem in Persian
- چریش
- neem in Thai
- สะเดา sàdao
- neem in Vietnamese
- sầu đâu, thầu đâu
- neem in Myanmar
- တမာပင် ta.mapang, တမာ ta.ma
Synonyms of neem
- margosa
- peelu
- chinaberry
- white cedar
- Persian lilac
- syringa berry
- bead tree
- azedarach
Forms of neem
| plural | neems |
|---|---|
| alternative form | nim |
Origin of neem
Borrowed from Hindi नीम (nīm) / Urdu نِیم (nīm), from Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).
Words formed from neem
Phrases with neem
Words that rhyme with neem
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upstream
- deem
- dream
- scream
- team
- academe
- bream
- downstream
- esteem
- forebeam
- supreme
- teem
- A team
- ice cream
- under one's own steam
- abeam
- addeem
- astream
- beseem
- centime
- decime
- deme
- fleam
- inseam
- Karim
- preem
- rheme
- seem
- agleam
- breme
- buffer beam
- distream
- foredream
- haem
- heme
- Kareem
- kilim
- leam
- leme
- let off steam
- meem
- misesteem
- misseem
- on stream
- prime
- redream
- reem
- reim
Questions about neem
- What does neem mean?
- Neem means azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield neem oil, the insecticide azadirachtin.
- What is neem in Hindi?
- Neem in Hindi is नीम (nīm). See Neem meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is neem?
- Neem is a noun.
- How do you pronounce neem?
- Neem is pronounced /niːm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of neem?
- The plural of neem is neems.
Words near neem in the dictionary
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