Chinese lantern plant

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Origin of Chinese lantern plant

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby Chinese lantern plant

Chinese ink, Chinese jujube, Chinese juniper, Chinese lacquer, Chinese lantern, Chinese lantern plant, Chinese leaf, Chinese liver fluke, Chinese lug, Chinese medicine, Chinese money

How to use Chinese lantern plant in a sentence

The family was taking some private moments for a closing of the coffin in keeping with Chinese ritual.
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His most recommended plant was tree ivy—its juices sprayed up the nostrils.
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Monitoring Chinese social-media platforms has paid off for the Chinese government.
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HONG KONG—Last year, I met a Chinese graduate student on a tour of the northeastern United States before his first day at Harvard.
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We ought to seek Chinese cooperation in a response to this North Korean act of aggression.
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Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
As there are still many varieties of the plant grown in America, so there doubtless was when cultivated by the Indians.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The plant as a whole remains green until late in the autumn.
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The Smooth Naked Horsetail is a common plant, specially by the sides of streams and pools.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
The relation existing between the balmy plant and the commerce of the world is of the strongest kind.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.