PRIDE-OF-INDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pride-of-India mean? 

• PRIDE-OF-INDIA (noun)
  The noun PRIDE-OF-INDIA has 2 senses:

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

2. native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers

  Familiarity information: PRIDE-OF-INDIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIDE-OF-INDIA (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 ("pride-of-India" 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 ("pride-of-India" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lagerstroemia speciosa; pride-of-India; Queen's crape myrtle

Hypernyms ("pride-of-India" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("pride-of-India" is a member of...):

genus Lagerstroemia; Lagerstroemia (shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers)