Definition of Butea monosperma

1. Noun. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.

Exact synonyms: Butea Frondosa, Dak, Dhak, Palas
Group relationships: Butea, Genus Butea
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Butea Monosperma

Bushwomen
Busoga
Busquet's disease
Buss disease
Bussard ramjet
Bussard ramjets
Buster
Buster Keaton
Busy Lizzie
Butazolidin
Butcher
Butcher Cumberland
Butea
Butea frondosa
Buteo
Buteo buteo
Buteo jamaicensis
Buteo lagopus
Buteo lineatus
Butler
Butlerian
Butlerians
Buxaceae
Buxus

Literary usage of Butea monosperma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"BUTEA or BENGAL kino is obtained from butea monosperma. a tree growing in western India and Indo-China. American dragon's blood, resembling black kino, ..."

2. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"BUTEA or BENGAL kino is obtained from butea monosperma. a tree growing in western India and Indo-China. American dragon's blood, resembling black kino, ..."

3. Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten by Adolf Engler, Robert Knuds Friedrich Pilger, Kurt Krause, Karl Anton Eugen Prantl (1897)
"B. monosperma (Lam.) Taub. 111,3. 362, Fig. 131 l/. Butea-Kino (butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.) 111,3. 366. ..."

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