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pride-of-India
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As a noun, pride-of-India means tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits.
Meanings of pride-of-India
2 meaningsnoun
Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade treeplant
Similar: chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, azederach, azedarachNative to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowersplant
Similar: Queen's crape myrtle, Lagerstroemia speciosa
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All synonyms for pride-of-India →noun: tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms a…
noun: native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it prov…
Queen's crape myrtleLagerstroemia speciosa