chinaberry
noun
a tree, Melia azedarach, of the mahogany family, native to Asia but widely planted elsewhere for its ornamental yellow fruits and long clusters of fragrant purplish flowers.
chinaberries
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pluralof chinaberry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Macy smiled at the loblollies and chinaberries curving around the perimeter of the Macys’ two acres.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
One of the old ladies from the residences yet to be converted to a rooming house was outside in her pink housecoat, sweeping chinaberries off her sidewalk.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018
He’d tended quietly to his apples and rhododendrons, his chinaberries and mulberry hedges, his rows of vegetables and flowers.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
