chinaberry (ˈtʃaɪnəbərɪ) ![]() | |
| —n , pl -ries | |
| 1. | China tree, Also called: azedarach a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits |
| 2. | another name for soapberry |
| 3. | the fruit of any of these trees |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |