China tree

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noun

1. evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
• Syn:
false dogwood, jaboncillo, chinaberry, Sapindus saponaria
• Hypernyms:
soapberry, soapberry tree
• Member Holonyms:
Sapindus, genus Sapindus
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, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach,
azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach
• Hypernyms:
tree
• Member Holonyms:
Melia, genus Melia