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Meanings of china tree in English
Portuguese
amargoseira 
Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree.
Portuguese
koelreuteria paniculata Evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans.
Usage of china tree in English
1
They feed on the berries of the dogwood, china tree and mistletoe, and are the jolliest lot of birds it is possible to imagine.
2
A noble pride of India {Footnote: China tree: the melia azedaracha of botanists.
3
On reaching the yard, we rested a long time on a settee under a group of china trees.
4
The hall floor was covered to muffle the tread; not a sound reached her save the stirring of the China trees outside.
5
Outside was a small stone balcony, and beyond it a fringe of China trees and the fields, desolate and empty in the moonlight.