Associations to the word «Chinaberry»

Wiktionary

CHINABERRY, noun. Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia.
CHINABERRY, noun. The fruit of such a tree.

Dictionary definition

CHINABERRY, noun. Evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans.
CHINABERRY, noun. Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca