chinaberry

noun (plural chinaberries)

• a tall tree of the mahogany family native to Asia and Australasia, bearing fragrant lilac flowers and yellow berries. It has become naturalized in parts of North America.

  • Melia azedarach, family Meliaceae
• the fruit of the chinaberry tree, used as beads and to make insecticides:a rosary made of chinaberries