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noun
Any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
mountain ebony, orchid tree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Bauhinia
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Broader terms: rosid dicot genus
History
Borrowed from translingual Bauhinia.
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