chinaberries

Variant of chinaberry

noun pl. chinaberries

  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 )
  3. the fruit of either of these trees
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