persian lilac

Noun

• small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers

• tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Persian lilac , Syringa persica , chinaberry , chinaberry tree , China tree , pride-of-India , azederach , azedarach , Melia azederach , Melia azedarach