butterfly flower

[ buht-er-flahy flou-er ]
noun

  1. Also called Je·ru·sa·lem date [ji-roo-suh-luhm deyt, -zuh-] /dʒɪˈru sə ləm ˈdeɪt, -zə-/ . a shrub or small tree, Bauhinia monandra, of French Guiana, having clusters of pink, purple-streaked flowers.

  2. schizanthus.

Origin of butterfly flower

1
First recorded in 1880–85

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How to use butterfly flower in a sentence

  • Yet this is all fallacious; for the Butterfly-flower is but just created.

    Omphalos | Philip Henry Gosse

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