fringe tree

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A shrub or small tree (Chionanthus virginicus) of the eastern United States, having drooping clusters of white flowers and dark blue fruit.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• A small oleaceous tree (Chionanthus virginica), of the southern United States, having clusters of snow-white flowers with slender petals. It is often cultivated.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus