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pride-of-india
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Noun pride-of-india has 2 senses
- pride-of-india(n = noun.plant) azedarach, azederach, china tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, melia azedarach, melia azederach, persian lilac - tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree; Array is a member of genus melia, melia
- pride-of-india(n = noun.plant) lagerstroemia speciosa, queen's crape myrtle - native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers; Array is a member of genus lagerstroemia, lagerstroemia
is a kind of tree
is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree
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