pride-of-India

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noun

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
• Syn:
chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, azederach,
azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach
• Hypernyms:
tree
• Member Holonyms:
Melia, genus Melia
2. native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma;
used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers
• Syn:
Queen's crape myrtle, Lagerstroemia speciosa
• Hypernyms:
angiospermous tree, flowering tree
• Member Holonyms:
Lagerstroemia, genus Lagerstroemia