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
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Examples
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Hong Kongred with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in the center
Flag description 2008
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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
Hong Kong 2008
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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
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Flag description: red with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in the center
The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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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 William Landsborough
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Flag description: red with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in the center
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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