azedarach

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azedarach

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From French azédarach, from Spanish acederaque, from Arabic أَزَادَرْخَت (ʔazādarḵat), from Persian آزاددرخت (âzâd-deraxt), from آزاد (âzâd, “noble”) + درخت (deraxt, “tree”).

noun azedarachs

countable, uncountable An Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States, commonly called bead tree, chinaberry, etc.
Similar: bead tree, chinaberry, pride of China, pride of India
countable, uncountable The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic

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@misc{azedarach_2026,
  title = {azedarach},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/azedarach},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}