neem tree

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neem tree - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Neem tree \Neem" tree`\ [Hind. n[imac]m.] (Bot.)
     An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and Melia Azedarach
     . See Margosa.
     [1913 Webster]

neem tree - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  neem tree
      n 1: 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 [syn:
           neem, neem tree, nim tree, margosa, arishth,
           Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta]