Definitions for chinaberry

chinaberry chi·na·ber·ry

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

Chinaberry is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 500 anagrams from letters in chinaberry (abcehinrry).

Definitions for chinaberry

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 chinaberry

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

Examples for chinaberry

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for chinaberry
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Words with friends

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