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Noun: Melia azedarach
  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
    - chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach

Type of: tree

Part of: genus Melia, Melia

Encyclopedia: Melia azedarach