Hypertext Webster Gateway: "azedarach"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Azedarach \A*zed"a*rach\, n. [F. az['e]darac, Sp. acederaque,
Pers. [=a]z[=a]ddirakht noble tree.]
1. (Bot.) A handsome Asiatic tree ({Melia azedarach}), common
in the southern United States; -- called also, {Pride of
India}, {Pride of China}, and {Bead tree}.
2. (Med.) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a
cathartic and emetic.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
azedarach
n : 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}, {pride-of-India}, {azederach},
{Melia azederach}, {Melia azedarach}]
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