chinaberry
    n 1: 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]
    2: 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]

Azedarach \A*zed"a*rach\, azederach \azederach\, n. [F.
   az['e]darac, Sp. acederaque, Pers. [=a]z[=a]ddirakht noble
   tree.]
   1. (Bot.) a handsome tree (Melia azedarach) of the mahogany
      family, native to Northern India and China, having long
      clusters of fragrant purple blossoms and small ornamental
      but inedible yellow fruits. It has been naturalized as a
      shade tree and is common in the southern United States; --
      called also, chinaberry, China tree, Pride of India,
      Pride of China, and Bead tree.

   Syn: chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac,
        pride-of-India, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia
        azedarach
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

   2. (Med.) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a
      cathartic and emetic.
      [1913 Webster] Azerbaidzhan

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