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chinaberry

/chahy-nuh-ber-ee/US // ˈtʃaɪ nəˌbɛr i //UK // (ˈtʃaɪnəbərɪ) //

樱桃,金丝楠木,金丝雀,金丝桃

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural chi·na·ber·ries.

    • : 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.

Examples

  • Oleander, chinaberry trees, tobacco plants, and toadstools are all poisonous to these slow fellows.

  • 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.

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

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

  • The last of the county returns was wired from distant Chinaberry Junction: Judson led by fifty-two votes!

  • But when she stopped beneath a big chinaberry-tree, to further scan the roll of money, her wonder was redoubled.