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CHINABERRY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

azedarach; azederach; China tree; chinaberry; chinaberry tree; Melia azedarach; Melia azederach; Persian lilac; pride-of-India

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("chinaberry" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("chinaberry" is a member of...):

genus Melia; Melia (type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

China tree; chinaberry; false dogwood; jaboncillo; Sapindus saponaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("chinaberry" is a kind of...):

soapberry; soapberry tree (a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin)

Holonyms ("chinaberry" is a member of...):

genus Sapindus; Sapindus (type genus of the Sapindaceae)

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