bauhinia

[ baw-hin-ee-uh, boh-in- ]

noun

any of numerous trees, shrubs, or vines of the genus Bauhinia, native to warm regions, having two-lobed leaves and showy, usually white, purple, or reddish flowers, widely planted in southern Florida.

Origin of bauhinia

<New Latin (Linnaeus), named after the brothers Jean Bauhin (1541–1612) and Gaspard Bauhin (1560–1624), Swiss botanists; see -ia

Words Nearby bauhinia

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How to use bauhinia in a sentence

The mopane-tree ('bauhinia') is remarkable for the little shade its leaves afford.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | David Livingstone
Our encampment was at a creek on the south side of a slight rise, with bauhinia trees, and near good water-holes.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig Leichhardt
The daup (bauhinia) is a small, white, semiflosculous flower, with a faint smell.
The History of Sumatra | William Marsden
The trees upon it are chiefly bauhinia, and stunted box and gumtrees, without ironbark.
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria | William Landsborough
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 | William Landsborough

British Dictionary definitions for bauhinia

bauhinia

/ (bɔːˈhɪnɪə, bəʊ-) /

noun

any climbing or shrubby leguminous plant of the genus Bauhinia, of tropical and warm regions, widely cultivated for ornament

Origin of bauhinia

C18: New Latin, named after Jean and Gaspard Bauhin, 16th-century French herbalists

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