bauhinia

bau·hin·i·a

B0120100 (bô-hĭn′ē-ə, bō-ĭn′-)n. 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.

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[New Latin, after Jean Bauhin (1541-1612) and Gaspard , Bauhin (1560-1624), Swiss botanists.]

bauhinia

(bɔːˈhɪnɪə; bəʊ-) n (Plants) any climbing or shrubby leguminous plant of the genus Bauhinia, of tropical and warm regions, widely cultivated for ornament[C18: New Latin, named after Jean and Gaspard Bauhin, 16th-century French herbalists]

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Bauhinia - mountain ebony, orchid tree genus Bauhiniarosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsCaesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family CaesalpiniaceaeBauhinia monandra, butterfly flower - shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purpleBauhinia variegata, mountain ebony, orchid tree - small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark wood