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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Chinese houses

This, like all Chinese houses in Peking, was built in a very rambling fashion, and with the gardens, covered about ten acres of ground.

From Two Years in the Forbidden City by Der Ling, Princess

We have looked at a good many Chinese houses, but can't quite make up our minds about renting one.

From Peking Dust by La Motte, Ellen Newbold

These Chinese houses are charming from the outside.

From Peking Dust by La Motte, Ellen Newbold

Nothing could be more delightful than the setting of the red-tiled roofs, with their dragon-decorated ridges and parapets, on the wooden trellis fronts and canvas blinds of the Chinese houses.

From A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore by Worsfold, W. Basil (William Basil)

The Chinese houses have not so many stories as ours; in the towns there is one floor above the ground floor, but in the country there are no rooms up stairs.

From Far Off by Mortimer, Favell Lee