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neem

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /niːm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːm

1

noun

Meaning 1

Azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield neem oil, the insecticide azadirachtin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: neem tree, nim tree, margosa, arishth, Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tree

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi नीम (nīm) / Urdu نِیم (nīm), from Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Acehnese: beuëng — Azadirachta indica
  • Oromo: daboobessa — Azadirachta indica
  • Arabic: أَزَادَرْخَت (ʔazādarḵat) — Azadirachta indica
  • Arabic: شِرِيش (širīš) — Azadirachta indica
  • Assamese: নিম (nim) — Azadirachta indica
  • Bengali: নিম (nim) — Azadirachta indica
  • Burmese: တမာပင် (ta.mapang) — Azadirachta indica
  • Burmese: တမာ (ta.ma) — Azadirachta indica
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印度苦楝 (yìndùkǔliàn) — Azadirachta indica
  • Czech: azadirachta indická — Azadirachta indica
  • Danish: neemtræ — Azadirachta indica
  • Farefare: nimi — Azadirachta indica
  • Finnish: neempuu — Azadirachta indica
  • Gujarati: લીમડો (līmḍo) — Azadirachta indica
  • Hausa: nim — Azadirachta indica
  • Hausa: maina — Azadirachta indica
  • Hausa: darbejiya — Azadirachta indica
  • Hindi: नीम (nīm) — Azadirachta indica
  • Jarai: tăng liăng — Azadirachta indica
  • Kannada: ಬೇವು (bēvu) — Azadirachta indica
  • Khmer: ស្ដៅ (sdav) — Azadirachta indica
  • Korean: 님나무 (nimnamu) — Azadirachta indica
  • Malay: mambu — Azadirachta indica
  • Malayalam: ആര്യവേപ്പ് (āryavēppŭ) — Azadirachta indica
  • Nepali: नीम (nīm) — Azadirachta indica
  • Odia: ନିମ୍ବ (nimba) — Azadirachta indica
  • Persian: چریش — Azadirachta indica
  • Portuguese: amargoseira — Azadirachta indica
  • Portuguese: nim — Azadirachta indica
  • Punjabi: ਨਿੰਮ (nimm) — Azadirachta indica
  • Punjabi: نِمّ (nimm) — Azadirachta indica
  • Russian: ним (nim) — Azadirachta indica
  • Russian: ни́им (níim) — Azadirachta indica
  • Russian: азадира́хта инди́йская (azadiráxta indíjskaja) — Azadirachta indica
  • Sinhalese: කොහොඹ (kohomba) — Azadirachta indica
  • Spanish: nim — Azadirachta indica
  • Spanish: margosa — Azadirachta indica
  • Swahili: mwarobaini — Azadirachta indica
  • Tamil: வேம்பு (vēmpu) — Azadirachta indica
  • Tamil: வேப்பமரம் (vēppamaram) — Azadirachta indica
  • Telugu: వేప (vēpa) — Azadirachta indica
  • Thai: สะเดา (sàdao) — Azadirachta indica
  • Urdu: نِیم (nīm) — Azadirachta indica
  • Vietnamese: sầu đâu — Azadirachta indica
  • Vietnamese: thầu đâu — Azadirachta indica