kirin.
/ˈkɪəri/ = paulownia n.
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1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. i. ix. 119 Kiri, is a very large but scarce Tree.
1822 F. Shoberl tr. I. Titsingh Illustr. Japan 255 Sometimes this cane is made of the wood of the kiri-tree.
1875 F. V. Dickins Chiushingura (1880) 97 Cloaking the reality like the varnish on the pillow concealing the common Kiri wood it is made of.
1877 Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan V. i. 9 The second of the Imperial badges is a representation of the leaf and flower of the kiri, or Paulownia Japonica.
1893 A. M. Bacon Japanese Interior xiv. 237 The blossoms and leaves of the kiri-tree, (paulownia imperialis), which is the sign of the imperial family.
1893 E. Arnold Adzuma 106 Why, there's the fuji swinging lilac links Of sweetness; and the kiri,—sweeter still.
1928 E. Blunden Japanese Garland 22 The broad-leaved kiri.
1972 National Geographic Sept. 374 Miss Hori still goes into the forests to select the best kiri, or Paulownia wood.
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