bauhinia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bauhinia
< New Latin (Linnaeus), named after the brothers Jean Bauhin (1541–1612) and Gaspard Bauhin (1560–1624), Swiss botanists; see -ia
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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
At 12.20 made three-quarters of a mile east-north-east over barren stony basaltic ridges, overrun by triodia and slightly timbered with stunted bloodwood and bauhinia trees, to a plain of rich soil covered with fattening grasses.
From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by William Landsborough
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 Mayne Reid
It consists of well-grassed, thinly-wooded flats, separated from each other by belts of Port Curtis sandalwood, bauhinia, and other small trees, and at other places by low ridges with triodia.
From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by William Landsborough
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 Augustus Charles Gregory
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