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bead tree

bead tree noun: melia azedarach, a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree with poisonous fruit, native to India, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.

bead tree: melia azedarach, a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree with poisonous fruit, native to India,...
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Noun

bead tree (plural bead trees)

  1. Melia azedarach, a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree with poisonous fruit, native to India, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.
    Synonyms:
    azedarach, chinaberry, white cedar, Persian lilac, pride of China, pride of India, syringa berry

bead tree meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Assamese

bead tree in Hindi

Melia azedarach
बकायन bakāyan

bead tree in Tamil

குன்றிமணி

bead tree in Bengali

Melia azedarach
ঘোড়ানিম ghōṛanim

bead tree in Assamese

Melia azedarach
ঘোঁৰা নিম ghü̃ra nim
More languagesFewer languages
bead tree in Arabic
أَزَادَرْخَت ʔazādarḵat
bead tree in Malay
mindi
bead tree in Indonesian
mindi
bead tree in Thai
เลี่ยน lîian, เกรียน griian
bead tree in Vietnamese
xoan

Synonyms of bead tree

All synonyms of bead tree

Forms of bead tree

pluralbead trees
alternative formbead-tree

Origin of bead tree

Since its seeds are used as beads. Compare Unami manshapiàkw (literally “bead tree”).

Questions about bead tree

What does bead tree mean?
Bead tree means melia azedarach, a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree with poisonous fruit, native to India, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.
What is bead tree in Hindi?
Bead tree in Hindi is बकायन (bakāyan). See Bead tree meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is bead tree?
Bead tree is a noun.
What is the plural of bead tree?
The plural of bead tree is bead trees.

Words near bead tree in the dictionary

  1. bead proof
  2. bead seat
  3. bead seats
  4. bead tracer
  5. bead tracers
  6. bead tree
  7. bead trees
  8. bead-rattler
  9. bead-rattlers
  10. bead-tree
  11. bead-trees

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bead tree (page history and authors); bead tree (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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