chinaberry

noun

tree of northern India and China 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

Roots

cinachina- · Sanskrit · China (via the Qin dynasty name)berieberry- · English · berry

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