Noun: China tree chI-nu tree
- Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
- chinaberry, chinaberry tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azedarach, Melia azedarach
- Evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
"Indigenous people traditionally used China tree fruits as a natural soap";
- false dogwood, jaboncillo, chinaberry, Sapindus saponaria
Derived forms: China trees
Type of: soapberry, soapberry tree, tree
Part of: genus Melia, genus Sapindus, Melia, Sapindus
Encyclopedia: China tree