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別の表記

• nim

語源

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

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /niːm/
• 韻: -iːm

名詞

neem (plural neems)

1. Azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield neem oil, the insecticide azadirachtin.
   • 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic, published 2009, page 108:

     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.

同意語

• (Azadirachta indica): margosa, peelu, chinaberry, white cedar, Persian lilac, syringa berry, bead tree, azedarach

派生語

• neem cake
• neem oil

アナグラム

• -neme, em- -en, mene