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noun
An Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States, commonly called bead tree, chinaberry, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tree
History
From French azédarach, from Spanish acederaque, from Arabic أَزَادَرْخَت (ʔazādarḵat), from Persian آزاددرخت (âzâd-deraxt), from آزاد (âzâd, “noble”) + درخت (deraxt, “tree”).
