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bauhinias

bauhinias is the plural of bauhinia.

Meaning of bauhinia

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
    Synonyms:
    mountain ebony, purple orchid tree

Questions about bauhinias

What is bauhinias the plural of?
Bauhinias is the plural of bauhinia.

Words near bauhinias in the dictionary

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

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