Meanings
plural chinaberries
- USThe bead tree or azedarach, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia, or its fruit.
Synonyms: azedarach, bakain, bead tree, Cape lilac, Persian lilac, Pride of India tree, syringa, white cedar
- USActaea rubra, a poisonous herbaceous flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to North America.
Synonyms: red baneberry, doll's eye
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe bead tree or azedarach, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia, or its fruit.
nounActaea rubra, a poisonous herbaceous flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to North America.
More synonyms by meaning
nounevergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
nountree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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chinaberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinaberry
“chinaberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinaberry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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