GENUS BAUHINIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bauhinia mean? • GENUS BAUHINIA (noun)
The noun GENUS BAUHINIA has 1 sense:
1. mountain ebony, orchid tree
Familiarity information: GENUS BAUHINIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS BAUHINIA (noun)
Meaning:
Mountain ebony, orchid tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bauhinia; genus Bauhinia
Hypernyms ("genus Bauhinia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus 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 orchidlike flowers and hard dark wood)
Holonyms ("genus Bauhinia" is a member of...):
Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)
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