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Detailed Synonyms for chinaberry in English

chinaberry:

chinaberry [the ~] nom

  1. the chinaberry
    – tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree 1
    the pride-of-India; the chinaberry; the azedarach; the Melia azederach; the China tree; the chinaberry tree; the azederach; the Persian lilac; the Melia azedarach
    – tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree 1
  2. the chinaberry
    – evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans 1
    the false dogwood; the Sapindus saponaria; the jaboncillo; the chinaberry; the China tree
    – evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans 1

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Related Definitions for "chinaberry":

  1. tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree1
  2. evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans1

Related Synonyms for chinaberry