Definition of Bauhinia variegata

1. Noun. Small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark wood.

Exact synonyms: Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree
Group relationships: Bauhinia, Genus Bauhinia
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bauhinia Variegata

Batumi
Baudelaire
Baudelairean
Baudelairian
Baudelocque's uterine circle
Baudrillardian
Bauer's chromic acid leucofuchsin stain
Bauer's syndrome
Bauhaus
Bauhin's gland
Bauhinia
Bauhinia monandra
Bauhinia variegata (current term)
Baum
Baume scale
Baumes symptom
Baumgarten
Baumgarten's glands
Baumgarten's veins
Baumgartner
Baumé
Baumé scale
Baunscheidtism
Baure
Bautzen
Bava Metzi'a
Bavaria

Literary usage of Bauhinia variegata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India by William Dymock (1885)
"A size made from the seeds is used as a dressing to country-made blankets. Bauhinia variegata, Linn., Rheede Hort. Mai i., I. 32. The bark. Vernacular. ..."

2. The Materia medica of the Hindus: Compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works by Udoy Chand Dutt (1877)
"The bark of Bauhinia variegata is described as alterative, tonic, astringent and useful in scrofula, skin diseases and ulcers. ..."

3. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"Anemone shrub, ENG., Bauhinia variegata, L. var. ... PANJ., Bauhinia variegata, L. var. Ani gunda-mani. ТАМ., Adenanthera pavonina, L. Aui mulla, ТАМ ? ..."

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