BAUHINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bauhinia mean? 

• BAUHINIA (noun)
  The noun BAUHINIA has 1 sense:

1. mountain ebony, orchid tree

  Familiarity information: BAUHINIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAUHINIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mountain ebony, orchid tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bauhinia; genus Bauhinia

Hypernyms ("Bauhinia" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Bauhinia"):

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)

Holonyms ("Bauhinia" is a member of...):

Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)