Bauhinia Definition
 bô-hĭnē-ə, bō-ĭn- 
    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.
 American Heritage 
Any of a genus (Bauhinia) of small tropical trees of the caesalpinia family having two-lobed leaves and large, flat, white or lavender flowers.
 Webster's New World 
Any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees.
 Wiktionary 
Synonyms: 
  
- genus Bauhinia
    pronoun
  
 Other Word Forms of Bauhinia
Noun
Singular:
 bauhiniaPlural:
 bauhiniasOrigin of Bauhinia
- New Latin after Jean Bauhin (1541–1612) and Gaspard Bauhin (1560–1624), Swiss botanists - From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition 
- Bauhin, surname of two French botanists who were brothers, + -ia - From Wiktionary 
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