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, ↑azedarach, ↑Melia azedarach
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Melia, ↑genus Melia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.