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n. - Tree having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; Evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by native Americans.

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  • A chinaberry tree grows there and uproots the house. '
  • Dirt yards, sandy, with a chinaberry tree in the yard always, that stunk to high heaven.
  • The chinaberry is well known and has already been planted in many countries as an ornamental.
  • We dried apples and peaches all summer and put chinaberry seed 'mongst them to keep out worms.
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