Azedarach

A`zed´a`rach

n.	1.	(Bot.) a handsome tree (Melia azedarach) of the mahogany family, native to Northern India and China, having long clusters of fragrant purple blossoms and small ornamental but inedible yellow fruits. It has been naturalized as a shade tree and is common in the southern United States; - called also, chinaberry, China tree, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree.
	2.	(Med.) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic.

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azedarach - tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, China tree, chinaberry genus Melia, Melia - type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms