pride-of-India

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Noun	1.	pride-of-India - tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade treeazedarach, azederach, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, China tree, chinaberrygenus Melia, Melia - type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ashtree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	2.	pride-of-India - native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowersLagerstroemia speciosa, Queen's crape myrtlegenus Lagerstroemia, Lagerstroemia - shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowersangiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary