Azedarach

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States, commonly called bead tree, chinaberry, etc. countable, uncountable
  2. 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 wordnet
  3. 3
    The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
chinaberryazederachbead treebead treechina treechinaberry

Etymology

From French azédarach, from Spanish acederaque, from Arabic أَزَادَرْخَت (ʔazādarḵat), from Persian آزاددرخت (âzâd-deraxt), from آزاد (âzâd, “noble”) + درخت (deraxt, “tree”).

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