bead tree

English

Alternative forms

bead-tree

Etymology

Since its seeds are used as beads. Compare Unami manshapiàkw (literally “bead tree”).

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

bead tree (plural bead trees)

Melia azedarach, a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree with poisonous fruit, native to India, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.

Synonyms

azedarach, chinaberry, white cedar, Persian lilac, pride of China, pride of India, syringa berry

Hypernyms

tree

Translations

Melia azedarach

Afrikaans: sering (af), Kaapse sering (af)
Arabic: أَزَادَرْخَت (ar) (ʔazādarḵat)
Armenian:
Middle Armenian: ազատրախտ (azatraxt), ջանտարի (ǰantari)
Assamese: ঘোঁৰা নিম (ghü̃ra nim)
Basque: paradisuko melia
Bengali: ঘোড়ানিম (bn) (ghōṛanim)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: mèlia, arbre sant, parenostre (ca), metzina (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 楝樹 / 楝树 (lin⁶ syu⁶)

Mandarin: 楝樹 / 楝树 (zh) (liànshù)

Wu: 楝樹 / 楝树 (⁶li-zy)
Danish: paternostertræ
Dutch: Indische sering (nl)
Finnish: meelia (fi)
French: margousier (fr) m, lilas de Perse (fr) m, azédarach (fr) m
German: Zedrachbaum (de)
Hindi: बकायन (hi) (bakāyan)
Indonesian: mindi (id)
Italian: albero dei rosari m
Japanese: 栴檀 (ja) (センダン, sendan), 楝 (ja) (ouchi)
Khmer: មេត្រី (km) (meetrəy)
Korean: 멀구슬나무 (meolguseullamu)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Malay: mindi
Polish: melia pospolita f
Portuguese: amargoseira (pt)
Spanish: cinamomo, agriaz (es), piocha (es), canelo (es), paraíso sombrilla
Swedish: zedrak
Thai: เลี่ยน (th) (lîian), เกรียน (th) (griian)
Turkish: tespih ağacı (tr), Çin leylağı (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: تسبیح آغاجی (tesbih ağacı)
Unami: manshapiàkw
Vietnamese: xoan

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Lao: ^{(please verify)} ຄໍ້ແລນ (khǭ lǣn), ^{(please verify)} ຕອດ (tǭt)

References

bead tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia