A large, mostly evergreen tree from India, Azadirachta indica, whose seeds yield 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.
A large, mostly evergreen tree from India, of the genus Azadirachta, whose seeds yield the insecticide azadirachtin
{i} large tropical evergreen mahogany-like tree of India and Sri Lanka cultivated for its bark and resin and seed oil (which all have medicative and insecticidal attributes)
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