Noun: Melia azedarach
- Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
"The Melia azedarach trees provided welcome shade in the southern garden";
- chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azedarach
Type of: tree
Part of: genus Melia, Melia
Encyclopedia: Melia azedarach