'chinaberry' definitions:
Definition of 'chinaberry'
(from WordNet)
noun
Evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans [syn: China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, chinaberry, Sapindus saponaria]
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 azederach, Melia azedarach]
Definition of 'chinaberry'
From: GCIDE
- chinaberry \chinaberry\ n.
- 1. an evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by native Americans.
- Syn: China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, Sapindus saponaria. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. a tree of N India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern US as a shade tree.
- Syn: chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach. [WordNet 1.5] China ware