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BAUHINIA

Pronunciation (US):

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Meaning:

Mountain ebony, orchid tree

Synonyms:

Bauhinia; genus Bauhinia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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