Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pride-of-India . SeeMelia .
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Examples
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There are many fine buildings and monuments in this city; and the streets in which business is not extensively transacted, are planted with Lombardy poplar, locust, and pride-of-china trees, -- the last mentioned especially afford a fine shade.
A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America
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