bead tree

English

Indian grey hornbill Ocyceros birostris eating bead-tree fruit in Uttarakhand, India.

Alternative forms

  • bead-tree

Etymology

Its seeds are used as beads.

Noun

bead tree (plural bead trees)

  1. (botany) Melia azedarach, a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree with poisonous fruit, native to India, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.

Synonyms

(Melia azedarach): azedarach, chinaberry, white cedar, Persian lilac, pride of China, pride of India

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