bau·hin·i·a (bô-h n  - , b -n-)n. Any of various tropical or subtropical trees, shrubs, or woody vines of the genus Bauhinia in the pea family, having two-part or deeply cleft leaves and showy, variously colored flowers. [New Latin, after Jean Bauhin (1541-1612) and Gaspard Bauhin (1560-1624), Swiss botanists.] |
bauhinia [bɔːˈhɪnɪə bəʊ-]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any climbing or shrubby leguminous plant of the genus Bauhinia, of tropical and warm regions, widely cultivated for ornament
[New Latin, named after Jean and Gaspard Bauhin, 16th-century French herbalists]
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| Noun | 1. |  Bauhinia - mountain ebony, orchid tree rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae Bauhinia monandra, butterfly flower - shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple Bauhinia variegata, mountain ebony, orchid tree - small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark wood |
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