WordNet
orchid tree
n. small East Indian tree having orchidlike flowers and hard dark wood [syn: mountain ebony, Bauhinia variegata]
Wikipedia
Orchid tree
Orchid tree is a common name for several tree species, including:
In the genus Bauhinia:
- Bauhinia blakeana
- Bauhinia forficata
- Bauhinia monandra
- Bauhinia purpurea
- Bauhinia variegata
In other genera:
- Magnolia champaca, yellow jade orchid tree
- Monodora tenuifolia
Usage examples of "orchid tree".
I don't think so, but he had described well the flowers - the shrimp plant with its tiny blossoms, and the orchid tree and the ginger lilies, yes, those fierce red lilies with their delicate shivering petals, and the ferns nestled in the deep glades, and the waxen bird-of-paradise and the tall stiff pussy willows, and the tiny yellow-throated blossoms of the trumpet vine.