Chinese parasol tree

noun

variants or less commonly Chinese parasol

: an Asian tree (Firmiana simplex) of the family Sterculiaceae now widely planted as an ornamental in warmer parts of the U.S. having large maplelike leaves and greenish white flowers in clusters

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