Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pride-of-India | Yes | No | No | No |
genus Melia | Yes | No | No | No |
pride-of-India (noun) | genus Melia (noun) |
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tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree | type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash |
native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers |