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noun
The bead tree or azedarach, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia, or its fruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Synonyms: azedarach, bakain, bead tree, Cape lilac, Persian lilac, Pride of India tree, syringa, white cedar
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The soapberry (genus Sapindus, especially Sapindus saponaria), native to the Americas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Actaea rubra, a poisonous herbaceous flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Synonyms: red baneberry, doll's eye
Antonyms: none provided
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 tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tree
noun
evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, Sapindus saponaria
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soapberry, soapberry tree
History
From China + berry.
