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n. - Chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a type of tree and often a river.

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Usage examples (36)
  • The willow-pattern plate was daubed with gory streaks.
  • In Shanghai I visited the original tea-house depicted on the well-known willow-pattern china ware.
  • A picturesque effect is produced by these projections, as everybody knows who has examined a "willow-pattern" plate.
  • On the dresser shelves were lodged some willow-pattern plates, their clear, tender blue bearing witness to an early period.
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