Meanings
plural neems · alternative nim
- 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 108Synonyms: margosa, peelu, chinaberry, white cedar, Persian lilac, syringa berry, bead tree, azedarach
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAzadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield neem oil, the insecticide azadirachtin.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic أَزَادَرْخَت, شِرِيش
- أَزَادَرْخَت (ʔazādarḵat)Azadirachta indica
- شِرِيش (širīš)Azadirachta indica
Bengali নিম
- নিম (nim)Azadirachta indica
Chinese Mandarin 印度苦楝
- 印度苦楝 (yìndùkǔliàn)Azadirachta indica
Czech azadirachta indická
- azadirachta indickáAzadirachta indica
Danish neemtræ
- neemtræAzadirachta indica
Finnish neempuu
- neempuuAzadirachta indica
Hindi नीम
- नीम (nīm)Azadirachta indica
Korean 님나무
- 님나무 (nimnamu)Azadirachta indica
Malay mambu
- mambuAzadirachta indica
Persian چریش
- چریشAzadirachta indica
Portuguese amargoseira, nim
- amargoseiraAzadirachta indica
- nimAzadirachta indica
Punjabi ਨਿੰਮ, نِمّ
- ਨਿੰਮ (nimm)Azadirachta indica
- نِمّ (nimm)Azadirachta indica
Russian ним, ни́им
- ним (nim)Azadirachta indica
- ни́им (níim)Azadirachta indica
- азадира́хта инди́йская (azadiráxta indíjskaja)Azadirachta indica
Spanish nim, margosa
- nimAzadirachta indica
- margosaAzadirachta indica
Swahili mwarobaini
- mwarobainiAzadirachta indica
Tamil வேம்பு, வேப்பமரம்
- வேம்பு (vēmpu)Azadirachta indica
- வேப்பமரம் (vēppamaram)Azadirachta indica
Thai สะเดา
- สะเดา (sàdao)Azadirachta indica
Urdu نِیم
- نِیم (nīm)Azadirachta indica
Vietnamese sầu đâu, thầu đâu
- sầu đâuAzadirachta indica
- thầu đâuAzadirachta indica
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
neem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neem
“neem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neem. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neem,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neem.
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