pride-of-India
| pride-of-india | |
noun | |
| 1. | tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree [syn: chinaberry] |
| 2. | native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers [syn: Queen's crape myrtle] |
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