noun
1. evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
• Syn: ↑false dogwood, ↑jaboncillo, ↑chinaberry, ↑Sapindus saponaria
• Hypernyms: ↑soapberry, ↑soapberry tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sapindus, ↑genus Sapindus
2. tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
• Syn:
↑chinaberry, ↑chinaberry tree, ↑Persian lilac, ↑pride-of-India, ↑azederach, ↑azedarach, ↑Melia azederach, ↑Melia azedarach
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Melia, ↑genus Melia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.