The Mirpuris have made chinar leaf their national insignia without ever having seeing what a chinar tree looks like. |
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There was only the rustling of chinar leaves to be heard in the broad, beautiful avenue lined with the unleaving, autumn trees. |
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The leaves of the chinar had just begun to turn yellow, and a blush of red had appeared in the maple trees. |
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A large chinar tree between here and Sangrama, they had said, and that was all the description I got. |
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It was now late in the afternoon when he came upon the old chinar tree near the crossing. |
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The effect was accentuated by wilting chinar leaves strewn around at the entrance. |
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It slid past the chinar trees, the minarets, even the icy tunnel. |
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Kashmiri silver often combines Paisley shapes with botanical motifs, a favourite being the Chinar leaf from the Oriental plane tree, featured prominently on these vases. |
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