Definitions for chinaberries

chinaberries chi·na·ber·ry

Spelling: [chahy-nuh-ber-ee]
IPA: /ˈtʃaɪ nəˌbɛr i/

Chinaberries is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 994 anagrams from letters in chinaberries (abceehiinrrs).

Definitions for chinaberries

noun

  1. a tree, Melia azedarach, of the mahogany family, native to Asia but widely planted elsewhere for its ornamental yellow fruits and long clusters of fragrant purplish flowers.

Origin of chinaberries

An Americanism dating back to 1885-90; China + berry

Examples for chinaberries

Across the street, in a chinaberry tree, a gang of sparrows are making a racket.

In that country, in fact, I have never found a nest of this bird except in the dead, slanting limb of a chinaberry tree.

It is commonly supposed to be the chinaberry, by persons who judge by general appearances, but the two are not related.

Dey were a chinaberry tree close to de door an' Walter got b'hin' it an' fired a pistol.

In fact, one of the species is locally known as wild China and chinaberry.

In the figure the tree above the medicine lodge represents the chinaberry tree with its leaves and berries.

Lucienne, Gabriel and Raul ate at a small table under a chinaberry tree.

Word Value for chinaberries
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