bauhinian.
/bəʊˈhɪnɪə/ A plant of the genus Bauhinia (family Leguminosæ) of which there are many tropical species. Also attributive.
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vetchy1579
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1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile V. App. 59 Mr. Jussieu says this bauhinia is by Mr. Bruce taken for an acacia.
1833 Penny Cycl. I. 447/1 [article America] Bauhinias..cling round the trees like enormous cables.
1849 C. Sturt Narr. Exped. Central Austral. I. 359 The Bauhinia here grew to the height of 16 to 20 feet.
1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 187 Plaintain and Bauhinia fibres.
1922 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 859/2 Trees..with a good deal of Bauhinia creeper all over.
1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 27 June 24/1 Scattered cabbage-gum, kurrajong, bauhinia and other fodder trees.
1967 ‘A. Cordell’ Bright Cantonese xiii. 150 The bauhinia trees were etched in darkness against a round China moon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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