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chinaberry::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | china tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, sapindus saponaria |
| Type of | soapberry tree, soapberry |
chinaberry::noun | Spocien Dictionary
tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | azedarach, azederach, china tree, chinaberry tree, melia azedarach, melia azederach, persian lilac, pride-of-india |
| Type of | tree |
Examples of chinaberry
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The chinaberry has fragrant lilac-colored flowers that appear in the spring.
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Chinaberry is about the epic journey of an unnamed boy of 13, who often seems much younger.
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Chinaberry is the name of a tree and the name given to the homestead of Anson and Lurie Winters.
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In 30 years of Valley plant watching, I have never seen the chinaberry affected by pests of any kind.
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Trees hummers favor include buckeye, chinaberry, crabapple, black locust, mimosa, scarlet buckeye and yellow poplar.
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In the Valley, the chinaberry is probably the most modest-sized shade tree you will encounter and it is highly drought tolerant.
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Sharecropper kids scampered and chickens pecked in the dust among the shacks and privies and chinaberry trees of the colored section.
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From my early times I remember summer afternoons when I would stretch out under the shade of the chinaberry tree in the front yard.
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Laurel oak, water oak, chinaberry, red maple and pine tend to be brittle and should not be located close to buildings, she says.
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- China tree: evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
- Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
- Melia azedarach, commonly known by many names, including chinaberry tree, bead-tree, Cape lilac, syringa berrytree, Persian lilac, and Indian lilac, is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family, Meliaceae, that is native to Indomalaya and Australasia.
- Chinaberry, also known as Williams-Converse House, is a house in Aiken, South Carolina that was built in 1824. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
- Small ornamental tree producing berries which provide seeds used to make beads.
