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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 chi·na·ber·ry /ˈʧaɪnəˌbɛri, ||ˈʧeniˌbɛri/
 楝樹

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 chinaberry
      n 1: evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing
           saponin which was used as soap by native Americans [syn:
            China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, Sapindus
            saponaria]
      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 [syn: chinaberry tree, China
          tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach,
          Melia azederach, Melia azedarach]