Also 7 chenawr, chinor, zinnar, 8 chinaur. [Pers. chinār.] The Persian name of the Oriental Plane-tree.
1638. Sir T. Herbert, Trav., 136 (Y.). Broad-spreading Chenawrs.
1682. Evelyn, Diary, 16 Sept. At Mr. Bohun’s at Lee. He shewed me the Zinnar tree or platanus.
1698. Fryer, Acc. E. India & P., 259 (Y.). High Chinors, or Sicamores.
1815. Moore, Lalla R. (1862), 7. They seem Like a chenar-tree grove.
1879. C. R. Low, Jrnl. Gen. Abbott, iv. 324. Fine chenar trees which shade the level space between the hills.
