kadam noun2 •(India) A tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus indicus, Nauclea cadamba), native to South and Southeast Asia.Kinaram made the elephant sit under a large kadam tree. — 2011 •(historical) A unit of distance, equal to 10 miles.Accordingly Mangamal had all the roads throughout the kingdom formed into avenues; and at the distance of every kadam (10 English miles) she had a choultry built — 1837 formskadams
