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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 tree
Familiarity information: AZEDERACH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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