bauhinia

American  

[baw-hin-ee-uh, boh-in-] / bɔˈhɪn i ə, boʊˈɪn- /

noun

1. 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.

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bauhinia British  

/ bɔːˈhɪnɪə, bəʊ- /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of bauhinia

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

Example Sentences

Each Chinese flag was flanked by two Hong Kong flags, depicting the city’s emblem: a white bauhinia blossom with a star on each petal.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022

Myrtles, too, mingled their foliage with wild limes, their branches twined with flowering parasites, as the climbing combretum, with its long flame-like clusters, convolvuli, with large white blossoms, and the beautiful twin-leaved bauhinia.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne

We resumed our journey at 6.25 a.m., steering an east-south-east course, but after crossing some fine grassy ironbark ridges, entered a dense scrub of acacia, sterculia, bauhinia, and thorny shrubs.

From Journals of Australian Explorations by Gregory, Augustus Charles

At 11 came south-east and by east over rich level land, grassed with herbage and wooded with box and bauhinia.

From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William

The trees are of a small size, principally box and bauhinia.

From Journals of Australian Explorations by Gregory, Augustus Charles