Chinese lantern

A Chinese lantern can refer to the following:

• A collapsible paper lantern or sky lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs.
• The shrub Abutilon x hybridum
• The shrub or small tree Dichrostachys cinerea
• The herbaceous plant Physalis alkekengi
• The Chinese lantern structure, a molecule containing two metal centers bridged by four bidentate ligands.