chinaberry
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- noun
- /ˈtʃaɪnəˌbɛri/
:
árbol de chinaberry
- I watched as the chinaberry tree swayed gently in the breeze, its yellow fruits glistening in the sunlight.
- chinaberry tree
Examples
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Yellowed leaves from a chinaberry in the yard litter the sand.
Fiction book (1990) -
José: Across from her house there were some chinaberry trees, you see.
Fiction book (1992) -
But it would still be a celebration under the mulberry and chinaberry trees.
Academic text (2016) -
The morning shade under the chinaberry tree held the same quality as the light: brittle and arrogant.
Fiction book (1997) -
Start out in Houston, then make your way 75 miles east to the Texas hamlet of China, named for its once plentiful chinaberry trees.
Blog text (3) -
Berries hung plump and green in clusters among the lacy chinaberry trees.
Fiction book (1996) -
He saw a wire strung from the house into a chinaberry tree, and then through a long file of willows edging a ditch, and figured this led to an electric pump.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the summer, we love to relax under the shade of the chinaberry tree in our backyard.
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The garden was filled with the sweet scent of the chinaberry tree, attracting bees and butterflies.
Synonyms
A tree with purple flowers and small yellow fruit you cannot eat, often used for shade
A tree that loses its leaves with purple flowers and small yellow fruits often grown for shade
A tree that loses its leaves and has purple flowers and small yellow fruit grown for shade
A tree with purple flowers and yellow inedible fruit used for shade
Compounds
A tree with purple flowers and small yellow fruit you cannot eat, often used for shade
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chinaberry comes from the simple parts China and berry, so it literally means a 'berry from China' or Asia. That's why chinaberry is the common name for a tree with small yellow fruits that people often grow for shade.