Bauhinia, genus Bauhinia
(noun) mountain ebony, orchid tree
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From the genus name.
bauhinia (plural bauhinias)
Any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees.
• mountain ebony, purple orchid tree
Source: Wiktionary
22 June 2025
(noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
