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GENUS BAUHINIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
Bauhinia; genus Bauhinia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Bauhinia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bauhinia"):
Bauhinia monandra; butterfly flower (shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple)
Bauhinia variegata; mountain ebony; orchid tree (small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark wood)
Holonyms ("genus Bauhinia" is a member of...):
Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)