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Champakʹ

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An Indian tree (Michelia Champaca). The wood is sacred to Buddha, and the strongly-scented golden flowers are worn in the black hair of Indian women.

“The Champak odours fail.”


Shelley Lines to Indian Air.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Chalks
Challenge to the Array (A)
Challenge to the Polls (A)
Challenging a Jury
Cham (kam)
Chambre Ardente (French)
Chameleon
Champ de Manœuvre (Le)
Champs de Mai
Champs de Mars
Champak
Champerty
Champion and Severall
Champion of England
Chance
Chancel
Chancellor
Chancellor of England (The)
Chancellor of the Exchequer (The)
Chancery
Chaneph