azedarach

Noun

a=zed=a=rach

WORDNET DICTIONARY

azedarach(n = noun.plant) azederach, china tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, melia azedarach, melia azederach, persian lilac, pride-of-india - tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree; Array

is a member of genus melia, melia

is a kind of tree

azedarach, n. [F. azédarac, Sp. acederaque, Pers. āzāddirakht noble tree.].

a handsome tree (Melia azedarach) of the mahogany family, native to Northern India and China, having long clusters of fragrant purple blossoms and small ornamental but inedible yellow fruits. It has been naturalized as a shade tree and is common in the southern United States; -- called also, chinaberry, China tree, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree. [1913 Webster]
The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic. [1913 Webster]