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BUTTERFLY FLOWER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple

Synonyms:

Bauhinia monandra; butterfly flower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("butterfly flower" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("butterfly flower" is a member of...):

Bauhinia; genus Bauhinia (mountain ebony, orchid tree)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers

Synonyms:

butterfly flower; poor man's orchid; schizanthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("butterfly flower" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("butterfly flower" is a member of...):

genus Schizanthus (Chilean herbs with orchid-like flowers)

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