fringe tree

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A shrub or small tree (Chionanthus virginicus) of the southeast United States, having drooping clusters of white flowers and dark blue fruit. Also called old-man's-beard.

GNU Webster's 1913

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

WordNet 3.0

1. n. any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus