Chinese houses

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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

All the Chinese houses were decorated with plants and flowers, and from long cords stretched from house to house, and diagonally across the streets, were suspended hundreds upon hundreds of lanterns of various colors.

From The Shipwreck A Story for the Young by Joseph Spillman

During the first two or three years at Chang Te Fu we lived in unhealthy Chinese houses, which were low and damp.

From How I Know God Answers Prayer The Personal Testimony of One Life-Time by Rosalind Goforth

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

From Peking Dust by Ellen Newbold La Motte

The numerative of Chinese houses is a word which denotes division, signifying not a room, but rather such a part of a dwelling as can conveniently be covered by timbers of one length.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Arthur H. Smith

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 Mark Twain