noun
1. 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, ↑azederach, ↑azedarach, ↑Melia azederach, ↑Melia azedarach
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Melia, ↑genus Melia
2. native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers
• Syn: ↑Queen's crape myrtle, ↑Lagerstroemia speciosa
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lagerstroemia, ↑genus Lagerstroemia
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: chinaberry 2
Useful english dictionary. 2012.