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Chinaberry

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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Wordset Dictionary

tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
false dogwoodjaboncillopride-of-India
plural
Chinaberries
possessive
Chinaberry's
pluralpossessive
Chinaberries'