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Definition of Bauhinia
1. Noun. Mountain ebony, orchid tree.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Caesalpinioideae, Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Member holonyms: Bauhinia Monandra, Butterfly Flower, Bauhinia Variegata, Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree
Definition of Bauhinia
1. Noun. Any of flowering plants of the ''Bauhinia'' genus, some of which are known as orchard trees. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bauhinia
1. a small tropical tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bauhinia
Literary usage of Bauhinia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"PURPLE-FLOWERED bauhinia (160) — bauhinia ... GREEN-AND-WHITE bauhinia (161) —
bauhinia variegata ... VARIEGATED-FLOWERED bauhinia — bauhinia variegata. ..."
2. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"bauhinia TOMENTOSA L. " Horse-radish Tree." Cultivated and established as an
escape, near Bassin May to June (411, Mrs. R. 351). Eggers Fl. 261. 364. ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"... with an odor of linseed oil, which is used for illuminating purposes. 7.
bauhinia ... L., and bauhinia candida, Roxb., with 30 per cent. of oil. ..."
4. Conversations on Nature and Art (1839)
"The plant is the bauhinia, a climber of South America, in the woods of which, it
twines round the highest trees, and the monkies use it for ladders. ..."
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