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Definition of Chinar
1. a type of tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinar
Literary usage of Chinar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1905)
"... E chinar hynchus in the intestine of a boy. Welch's specimen, which ' found
encysted in the intestine of a soldier at Netley. is stated by CoU probably ..."
2. The History of Hindostan by Alexander Dow (1770)
"He fled from chinar to his father, Ghazi, governor of Biana, ... fled towards
chinar, and contented ..."
3. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1852)
"chinar, Kumaon, alt. 8700 feet ; growing over sticks ; fertile. (Coll. n. 10.
... The form from chinar connects this species so called with the var. ..."
4. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"The chinar, or Oriental plane tree, has been cultivated in Persia from the earliest
period ; and Evelyn states that " a worthy knight, who staid at Ispahan ..."
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