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Noun china tree has 2 senses
- China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, chinaberry, Sapindus saponaria - evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by native Americans
--1 is a kind of soapberry, soapberry tree
--1 is a member of Sapindus, genus Sapindus
- chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia 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
--2 is a kind of tree
--2 is a member of Melia, genus Melia
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