chinaberry

Definition of Chinaberry in English :

Noun

1. china tree, chinaberry, false dogwood, jaboncillo, sapindus saponaria

evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans

2. azedarach, azederach, china tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, melia azedarach, melia azederach, persian lilac, pride-of-india

tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chinaberry

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noun plural -ries

1. Also called: China tree, azedarach

a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits

2. another name for soapberry

3.

the fruit of any of these trees

Chinaberry

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nounWord forms: plural ˈchinaˌberries

1.

a tropical Asiatic tree (Melia azederach) of the mahogany family, bearing yellow, beadlike fruit: widely grown as a lawn tree throughout the S U.S.

2.

soapberry (sense 1)

3.

the fruit of either of these trees

Chinaberry

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n.

A deciduous Asian tree (Melia azedarach), widely cultivated and naturalized in the southern United States, having bipinnately compound leaves, lavender flowers, and poisonous yellow fruit. Also called China tree.

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