NEEM

Meaning of NEEM in English

[ ni:m ]

■ noun a tropical Old World tree which yields mahogany-like wood, oil, medicinal products, and insecticide. [ Azadirachta indica .]

Origin

C19: via Hindi from Sanskrit nimba .

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NEEM — noun Etymology: Hindi & Urdu nīm, from Sanskrit nimba Date: 1813 a large tropical Asian tree ( Azadirachta indica ) …
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NEEM — ˈnēm noun or neem tree also neemba ˈnēmbə ( -s ) Etymology: Hindi & Sanskrit; Hindi nīm, from Sanskrit nimba …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEEM — /neem/ 1. a product of the seeds of a tropical tree, Azadirachta indica, of the mahogany family, that disrupts reproduction …
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NEEM — n. large tropical evergreen mahogany-like tree of India and Sri Lanka cultivated for its bark and resin and seed oil …
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NEEM — noun Etymology: Hindi & Urdu nīm, from Sanskrit nimba Date: 1813 : a large tropical Asian tree ( Azadirachta indica …
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NEEM — [neem] n [Hindi nim, fr. Skt nimba] (1813): a large East Indian tree (Azadirachta indica of the family Meliaceae) whose …
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NEEM — neem BrE AmE niːm
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NEEM — n. Pronunciation: ' n ē m Function: noun Etymology: Hindi & Urdu n ī m, from Sanskrit nimba Date: 1813 …
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NEEM TREE — noun see neem
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NEEM-OIL — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Usage: sometimes capitalized : a medicinal aromatic oil yielded by the fruit and seeds of the neem tree
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NEEM TREE — () An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. See Margosa.
Английский словарь Webster
NEEM TREE — An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. See Margosa.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NEEM OIL — n. vegetable oil extracted from the fruits and seeds of the neem tree and used in skin care products and …
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NEEMBA — noun see neem
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NIM
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NIM TREE — noun Etymology: Hindi nīm — more at neem : margosa
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ULPAN — /oohl"pahn, oohl pahn"/ , n. , pl. ulpanim /oohl'pah neem"/ . an institute or school for intensive study of Hebrew, …
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TONEME — /toh"neem/ , n. a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language: Swedish has two tonemes. …
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SHADKHAN — Yiddish, Ashk., Eng. /shaht"kheuhn/ ; Seph. /shaht khahn"/ , n. , pl. shadkhanim Yiddish, Ashk. /shaht khaw"nim/ ; Seph. /shaht …
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SHADCHAN — Yiddish, Ashk., Eng. /shaht"kheuhn/ ; Seph. /shaht khahn"/ , n. , pl. shadchanim Yiddish.,Ashk. /shaht khaw"nim/ ; Seph. /shaht khah …
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SCHATCHEN — Yiddish, Ashk. Heb., Eng. /shaht"kheuhn/ ; Seph. Heb. /shaht khahn"/ , n. , pl. schatchanim Yiddish, Ashk. Heb. /shaht khaw"nim/ …
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RABBAN — /rab"euhn, reuh bahn"/ ; Seph. Heb., Ashk. Heb. /rddah bahn"/ , n. , pl. rabbanim /reuh bah"nim, rah'beuh neem"/ ; …
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PHONEME — /foh"neem/ , n. Ling. any of a small set of units, usually about 20 to 60 in number, and different …
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NIM TREE — neem (def. 2). [ 1875-80 ]
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NÎMES — /neem/ , n. a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins. 133,942.
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MORPHOPHONEME — /mawr'feuh foh"neem, mawr'foh-/ , n. Ling. 1. an abstract phonological unit representing corresponding phonemes in different allomorphs of one morpheme. …
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MINYAN — Seph. /meen yahn"/ ; Ashk., Eng. /min"yeuhn/ , n. , pl. minyanim Seph. /meen yah neem"/ ; Ashk. /min yaw"nim/ …
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MARGOSA — /mahr goh"seuh/ , n. neem (def. 2). [ 1805-15; aph. amargosa, fem. of amargoso bitter ]
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KOHEN — /koh"euhn/ ; Seph. Heb. /kaw hen"/ ; Ashk. Heb. /koh hayn", koh"hayn, koyn/ , n. , pl. Kohanim Seph. Heb. …
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HAZZAN — Seph. /khah zahn"/ ; Ashk. /khah"zeuhn/ , n. , pl. hazzanim Seph. /khah zah neem"/ ; Ashk. /khah zaw"nim/ , …
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HAZAN — Seph. /khah zahn"/ ; Ashk. /khah"zeuhn/ , n. , pl. hazanim Seph. /khah zah neem"/ ; Ashk. /khah zaw"nim/ , …
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ARCHIPHONEME — /ahr"keuh foh'neem, ahr'keuh foh"neem/ , n. Ling. 1. an abstract phonological unit consisting of the distinctive features common to two …
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