'China tree' definitions:

Definition of 'China tree'

noun

Evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans [syn: China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, chinaberry, Sapindus saponaria]

noun

Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree [syn: chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach]

From: GCIDE

China \Chi"na\, n.
1. A country in Eastern Asia. [1913 Webster]
2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain. [1913 Webster]
China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See Aster.
China bean. See under Bean, 1.
China clay See Kaolin.
China grass, Same as Ramie.
China ink. See India ink.
China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of Dianthus (Dianthus Chiensis) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink.
China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax (Smilax China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and Alpinia officinarum).
China rose. (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies.
China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery.
Pride of China, China tree. (Bot.) See Azedarach. [1913 Webster]