pride-of-india
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1. native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers (noun.plant)
| member meronym | : | genus lagerstroemia, lagerstroemia, |
| definition | : | shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers (noun.plant) |
2. tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | tree, |
| definition | : | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus melia, melia, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash (noun.plant) |
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