Chinese houses

American  

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a plant, Collinsia heterophylla, of the figwort family, native to California, having clusters of double-lipped purple and white flowers.

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Example Sentences

Below there is a village, with clusters of Chinese houses on the ground, and Malay houses on stilts, standing singly, with one or two Government offices bulking largely among them.

From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

These Chinese houses are charming from the outside.

From Peking Dust by La Motte, Ellen Newbold

A very common sign on the Chinese houses was: "See Yup, Washer and Ironer"; "Hong Wo, Washer"; "Sam Sing & Ah Hop, Washing."

From Roughing It, Part 6. by Twain, Mark

There are others who took possession of Chinese houses wholesale, and found a source of income in letting or leasing them.

From Impressions of a War Correspondent by Lynch, George

Like most Chinese houses it was composed of a number of buildings arranged in the form of a square with a courtyard in the center.

From The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller