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AZEDERACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does azederach mean? 

AZEDERACH (noun)
  The noun AZEDERACH 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 treeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


AZEDERACH (noun)


Sense 1

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

Hypernyms ("azederach" 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 ("azederach" 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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