Chinese parasol

Chinese parasol
noun
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
Hypernyms: ↑tree
Member Holonyms: ↑Firmiana, ↑genus Firmiana

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