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/niːm/ · noun
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.
Use neem when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Neem means Azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield neem oil, the insecticide azadirachtin..
Common synonyms include margosa, peelu, chinaberry, white cedar.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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