CHINESE PARASOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinese parasol mean? 

• CHINESE PARASOL (noun)
  The noun CHINESE PARASOL has 1 sense:

1. deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods

  Familiarity information: CHINESE PARASOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINESE PARASOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese parasol; Chinese parasol tree; Firmiana simplex; Japanese varnish tree; phoenix tree

Hypernyms ("Chinese parasol" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Chinese parasol" is a member of...):

Firmiana; genus Firmiana (small genus of Asian trees or shrubs)