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orchid tree

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orchid tree
n.
1. Either of two small south Asian trees (Bauhinia variegata or B. purpurea) in the pea family, having showy, irregular, usually lavender to purple flowers and deeply emarginate leaves.
2. A tree (Amherstia nobilis) of Myanmar (Burma), having compound leaves and a great profusion of large, irregular, yellow-spotted scarlet flowers.
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Noun1.orchid tree - small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark woodorchid tree - small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark wood
Bauhinia variegata, mountain ebony
Bauhinia, genus Bauhinia - mountain ebony, orchid tree
angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
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