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azedarach en · NOUN

Etymology

From French azédarach, from Spanish acederaque, from Arabic أَزَادَرْخَت (ʔazādarḵat), from Persian آزاددرخت (âzâd-deraxt), from آزاد (âzâd, “noble”) + درخت (deraxt, “tree”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States, commonly called bead tree, chinaberry, etc.
2. (countable, uncountable) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic

Forms

Relateds

neem · margosa

Synonyms

bead tree (Melia azedarach) · chinaberry (Melia azedarach) · pride of India (Melia azedarach) · pride of China (Melia azedarach)