chinaberry
chinaberry noun: the bead tree or azedarach, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia, or its fruit.
Noun
chinaberry (plural chinaberries)
- The 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
- The soapberry (genus Sapindus, especially Sapindus saponaria), native to the Americas.
- ‘The toilet is out back directly behind the chinaberry tree.’1968, Charles Portis, True Grit
- Actaea rubra, a poisonous herbaceous flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to North America.
- Synonyms:
- red baneberry, doll's eye
chinaberry meaning in Punjabi and Pashto
chinaberry in Punjabi
- chinaberry
- ਧਰੇਕ dharek
chinaberry in Pashto
- chinaberry
- بکاڼه bakā́ṇa
Synonyms of chinaberry
Forms of chinaberry
| plural | chinaberries |
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Origin of chinaberry
From China + berry.
Questions about chinaberry
- What does chinaberry mean?
- Chinaberry means the bead tree or azedarach, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia, or its fruit.
- What is chinaberry in Punjabi?
- Chinaberry in Punjabi is ਧਰੇਕ (dharek). See Chinaberry meaning in Punjabi.
- What part of speech is chinaberry?
- Chinaberry is a noun.
- What is the plural of chinaberry?
- The plural of chinaberry is chinaberries.
Words near chinaberry in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chinaberry (page history and authors); ਧਰੇਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); بکاڼه (Pashto) (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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