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Definition of Chinese angelica
1. Noun. Similar to American angelica tree but less prickly; China.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Angelica
Literary usage of Chinese angelica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"... Chinese angelica-TREE — Aralia chine'nsis, — either of which occasionally
grows to the height of 40 feet. The American is apt to be the more prickly, ..."
2. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"Flowers in terminal umbels in summer. The Chinese angelica tree (A. Chinensis)
is a somewhat tender plant with white flowers in terminal panicles. ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"... also from Japan; the variegated Chinese angelica-tree, a native of China, is
quite ornamental. Beyond this group, and on both sides of the transverse ..."
4. Biltmore Nursery, Biltmore, N.C. (1907)
"Chinese angelica TREE. A small tree or large shrub with mammoth compound leaves.
Native of China and Japan. Flowers creamy white, disposed in numerous ..."
5. Our Trees, how to Know Them by Clarence Moores Weed (1918)
"... from the nurseries a closely related hardy tree, originally from Manchuria
and China—the Chinese angelica tree, known technically as Aralia Chinensis. ..."
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