Chinaberry Definition & Meaning

chinaberry
noun
  1. evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
  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

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