MOUNTAIN EBONY

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Meaning:

Small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark wood

Synonyms:

Bauhinia variegata; mountain ebony; orchid tree

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mountain ebony" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("mountain ebony" is a member of...):

Bauhinia; genus Bauhinia (mountain ebony, orchid tree)

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