Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various tropical or subtropical trees, shrubs, or woody vines of the genus Bauhinia in the pea family, having two-part or deeply cleft leaves and showy, variously colored flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, natural order Leguminosæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun mountain ebony, orchid tree
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Examples
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Hong Kongred with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in the center
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But the city is home to a vast wilderness filled with palm and banyan trees, purple bauhinia flowers, butterflies, monkeys and wild boar.
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Patriotic slogans and neon signs, put up by private businessmen on office towers, depict dolphins (the region's mascot) and the bauhinia flower.
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Up will go the red Hong Kong bauhinia-flower emblem, the red-and-yellow Chinese flag and the red-and-gold seal of China.
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Flag description: red with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in the center
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The mopane-tree (‘bauhinia’) is remarkable for the little shade its leaves afford.
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Hong Kong: red with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in the center
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Flag description: red with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in the center
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At 11 came south-east and by east over rich level land, grassed with herbage and wooded with box and bauhinia.
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
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Flag description: red with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in the center
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