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bauhinia

bauhinia noun: any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees.

bauhinia: any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees
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Noun

bauhinia (plural bauhinias)

  1. Any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees.
    • Our camp was about four miles above the furthest point attained by Captain Stokes, and consequently in Beagle Valley which we had traversed for more than thirty miles, the greater part of which was well grassed and openly wooded with box, bauhinia, and acacia.1884, A C, F T Gregory, Journals of Australian Explorations
    • I may mention a few common trees which I have observed today--first, on the edges of the river fine large tea-trees, with foliage (melaleuca) like the drooping willow; beautiful Leichhardt-trees, pandanus, and cabbage-palm-trees: on the banks and scattered over the plain, stunted box, bauhinia...1862, William Landsborough, Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria
    Synonyms:
    mountain ebony, purple orchid tree

bauhinia meaning in Telugu and Malayalam

bauhinia in Telugu

any flowering plant of the Bauhinia genus
దేవకాంచనము dēvakāñcanamu

bauhinia in Malayalam

any flowering plant of the Bauhinia genus
മന്ദാരം mandāraṁ

Synonyms of bauhinia

Forms of bauhinia

pluralbauhinias

Origin of bauhinia

Borrowed from translingual Bauhinia.

Questions about bauhinia

What does bauhinia mean?
Bauhinia means any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees.
What is bauhinia in Telugu?
Bauhinia in Telugu is దేవకాంచనము (dēvakāñcanamu). See Bauhinia meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is bauhinia?
Bauhinia is a noun.
What is the plural of bauhinia?
The plural of bauhinia is bauhinias.

Words near bauhinia in the dictionary

  1. Bauhausian
  2. Bauhausians
  3. Bauhin
  4. Bauhin's valve
  5. Bauhin's valves
  6. bauhinia
  7. bauhinias
  8. Bauko
  9. Baul
  10. Baula
  11. bauldric

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