pride-of-india

1. 1.

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

   Synonymschinaberrychinaberry treeChina treePersian lilacazederachazedarachMelia azederachMelia azedarach

   Broadertree

   Part ofMelia
2. 2.

   native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers

   SynonymsQueen's crape myrtleLagerstroemia speciosa

   Broaderangiospermous tree

   Part ofLagerstroemia

Questions about pride-of-india

What does pride-of-india mean?

pride-of-india means "tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pride-of-india?

pride-of-india has 6 syllables: pri-de--o-f-in-di-a. The stress falls on "f-in".

What is another word for pride-of-india?

Close synonyms include chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, azederach. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pride-of-india a common word?

pride-of-india is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.