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AZEDARACH

Dictionary entry overview: What does azedarach mean?

• AZEDARACH (noun)
The noun AZEDARACH has 1 sense:

1. tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree

Familiarity information: AZEDARACH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• AZEDARACH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

azedarach; azederach; chinaberry tree; Melia azedarach; Melia azederach; Persian lilac; pride-of-India; China tree; chinaberry

Hypernyms ("azedarach" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("azedarach" is a member of...):

genus Melia; Melia (type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash)

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