Meaning of chinar | Babel Free

Definitions

The tree Platanus orientalis, the oriental plane.

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Examples

“The chinar, or Oriental plane tree, has been cultivated in Persia from the earliest period; and Evelyn states that "a worthy knight, who staid at Ispahan when that famous city was infected with a raging pestilence, told" him "that, since they have⟳ planted a greater number⟳ of these noble treees about it, the plague has not come⟳ nigh their dwellings."”

“The lakes, the gardens, the chinars golden in autumn, the Himalayas all around.”

“I too felt that the government has not made judicious use⟳ of its powers to curb the felling of chinars.”

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