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Meanings of pride-of-India 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.

      amargoseira
      Portuguese
      resedá gigante

      Native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers.

            resedá gigante
            Usage of pride-of-India in English
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            Rectus and I agreed, however, that we would rather have a pride-of-India tree than a charter, as far as we were concerned.
            A Jolly Fellowship
            Translations for pride-of-India