Definition of Firmiana simplex

1. 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.

Exact synonyms: Chinese Parasol, Chinese Parasol Tree, Japanese Varnish Tree, Phoenix Tree
Group relationships: Firmiana, Genus Firmiana
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Firmiana Simplex

Finno-Ugric
Finno-Ugric-speaking
Finnophone
Finnophones
Finns
Fintushel-Stern knot
Fiona
Fionn mac Cumhail
Fiordland penguin
Fiordland penguins
Fipa
Firangi
Firenze
Firestone
Firmiana
Firmiana simplex
First Amendment
First Baron Beveridge
First Baron Kelvin
First Baron Lytton
First Baron Macaulay
First Baron Marks of Broughton
First Baron Rutherford
First Baron Rutherford of Nelson
First Baron Tennyson
First Cause
First Crusade
First Duke of Marlborough

Literary usage of Firmiana simplex

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1910)
"firmiana simplex (L.) WF Wight, Bulletin 142 (Inventory No. 15), Bureau of Plant Industry, US Dept. of Agriculture, 1909, p. 67. 23428. ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"... Kiangsu, Chekiang, Fukien, Hupeh, and Kwangtung, in China; Korea, and Japan. 26432. firmiana simplex (L.) WF Wight "Ao ..."

3. Plant Inventory by Agricultural Research Center-West (U.S.), United States Division of Botany, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Northeastern Regi (1914)
"Distribution.—A tree found in the primeval forests of the State of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. 34359. firmiana simplex (L.) WF Wight. ..."

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