different between chinaberry vs neem

English

Etymology

From China +? berry.

Noun

chinaberry (plural chinaberries)

1. (US) The bead tree or azedarac, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia, or its fruit.
2. (US) The soapberry (genus Sapindus, especially Sapindus saponaria), native to the Americas.
3. (US) Actaea rubra, a poisonous herbaceous flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to North America.

Synonyms

• (Melia azedarach): azedarach, Persian lilac, white cedar, cape lilac, syringa, bead tree
• (Actaea rubra): red baneberry, doll's eye

Translations

English

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (n?m), from Sanskrit ????? (nimba).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ni?m/

Noun

neem (plural neems)

1. Azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield the insecticide azadirachtin.
   • 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic 2009, p. 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.

Synonyms

• (Azadirachta indica): margosa, peelu

Derived terms

• neem cake

Alternative forms

• nim

Translations

Anagrams

• -neme, em- -en, mene

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?m
• IPA^(key): /ne?m/

Verb

neem

1. first-person singular present indicative of nemen
2. imperative of nemen

Anagrams

• meen, mene, neme

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *neemi.

Noun

neem (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. (geography) cape, promontory, headland

Declension

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