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China tree

noun

  1. another name for chinaberry

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The China tree, very far from becoming extinct, is carefully cultivated in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

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The sun was shining brightly, the air was fresh and cool, the jay-birds in the China trees were hilarious, and, somehow or other, the two young people felt very happy as they walked along.

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I smell the China trees and the pine.

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The whole village was embowered in the foliage of China trees, which thickly lined both sides of the main street.

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Even Mr. Jack Walthall, who could be depended on to tilt his chair against the China tree and sit there for an hour or more after breakfast, failed to put in an appearance.

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