chinaberry

chi·na·ber·ry

C0298400 (chī′nə-bĕr′ē)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.

chinaberry

(ˈtʃaɪnəbərɪ) n, pl -ries1. (Plants) Also called: China tree or azedarach a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits2. (Plants) another name for soapberry3. (Plants) the fruit of any of these trees

chi•na•ber•ry

(ˈtʃaɪ nəˌbɛr i)

n., pl. -ries. a tree, Melia azedarach, of the mahogany family, native to Asia but widely planted elsewhere for its ornamental yellow fruits and long clusters of fragrant purplish flowers. Also called China tree. [1885–90, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chinaberry - evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native AmericansChina tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, Sapindus saponariasoapberry, soapberry tree - a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponingenus Sapindus, Sapindus - type genus of the Sapindaceae
	2.	chinaberry - tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade treechinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azedarach, azederach, China treegenus Melia, Melia - type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ashtree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

Translations

margousiermélia