Definition of: azedarach

(ə·zed′ə·rak) noun
1. A large ornamental Eastern tree (Melia azedarach) of Asia and tropical America, with bipinnate leaves and panicles of lilac-colored flowers, succeeded by yellowish drupes: also called Chinaberry tree, hagbush, pride of China.
2. The bark from the roots of this tree, used as a cathartic, emetic, or vermifuge. [<F azédarac, ult. <Persian āzād di-rakht noble tree]