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    CHINABERRY TREE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("chinaberry tree" 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 tree" 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)

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