azadirachta indica

Questions about azadirachta indica

What does azadirachta indica mean?

azadirachta indica means "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".

What is another word for azadirachta indica?

Close synonyms include neem, neem tree, nim tree, margosa, arishth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is azadirachta indica a common word?

azadirachta indica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.