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Definition of Chinese parasol

1. Noun. Deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Parasol

Literary usage of Chinese parasol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plays by Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"PROSPER [clad in white, with a Chinese parasol].—No, don't speak, Thirion. THIRION.—Prosper! PROSPER.—Don't speak! After trying violence, Madame Thirion ..."

2. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"PROSPER [clad in white, with a Chinese parasol].—No, don't speak, Thirion. THIRION.—Prosper! PROSPER.—Don't speak! After trying violence, Madame Thirion ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Chinese parasol THEE. Fig. 3691. Strong-growing, smooth- barked, round-headed tree of medium size, with deciduous foliage: Ivs. very large, glabrous, ..."

4. The Sunshade, the Glove, the Muff, by Octave Uzanne by Octave Uzanne (1884)
"All the voyages in China and around the world are filled with details of the Chinese parasol. "The Chinese women, whose feet have been compressed from ..."

5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"It is sometimes called the Chinese parasol. From the extremely anomalous position of the shell, it is not easy to conceive how it can crawl. ..."

6. The Garden of Paradise by Edward Sheldon, Hans Christian Andersen (1915)
"... carrying a little fan, and supported by fish-slaves in Chinese costume. Behind him swims a slave with a large Chinese parasol.] Ah, my dear boy! ..."

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