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
• Syn:
↑chinaberry, ↑chinaberry tree, ↑China tree, ↑Persian lilac, ↑pride-of-India, ↑azederach, ↑Melia azederach, ↑Melia azedarach
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Melia, ↑genus Melia
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\\əˈzedəˌrak\ noun (-s)Etymology: French azédarac, from Persian āzād dirakht, literally, free or noble tree
1. : chinaberry 2
2. : the bark of the roots of the azedarach, formerly used as an emetic and anthelmintic
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/euh zed"euh rak'/, n.
chinaberry.
[1745-55; < NL < F azédarac \<\< Pers azad dirakht noble tree]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.