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Definition of 'chinaberry'

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chinaberry in British

(ˈtʃaɪnəbərɪ )
noun plural -ries
1. Also called: China tree, azedarach
a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits
2.  another name for soapberry
3. 
the fruit of any of these trees
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chinaberry in American

(ˈtʃaɪnəˌbɛri ; chīˈnəberˌē)
US
nounWord forms: plural ˈchinaˌberries
1. 
a tropical Asiatic tree (Melia azederach) of the mahogany family, bearing yellow, beadlike fruit: widely grown as a lawn tree throughout the S U.S.
2. 
soapberry (sense 1)
3. 
the fruit of either of these trees
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Example sentences containing 'chinaberry'

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Five minutes later she gave up and backed the car down the road to the house, where she left it under the shade of a chinaberry. Wilcox, James SORT OF RICH (1990)

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Used Rarely. chinaberry is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of chinaberry from the Collins English Dictionary

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