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海棠

Mandarin · pinyin hǎi táng#

Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis)

Mandarin · pinyin Hǎi táng#

see 海棠區 Hǎi táng Qū

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海: hǎi · sea, ocean; maritime
棠: táng · crab apple tree; wild plums

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3–2 · hai3 tang2

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noun

Chinese crabapple tree (Malus spectabilis), cultivated as an ornamental tree in Chinese gardens
various similar trees, crabapple, including the Hall crabapple (Malus halliana)
various similar flowers, including begonias (Begoniaceae)

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