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Definition: Butea

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Butea" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Common Expressions: Butea

Expressions Definition
Butea frondosa East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Butea gum Dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Butea kino Dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Butea monosperma East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Butea Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Gum butea 1: A gum yielded by the Indian plants Butea frondosa and B. superba , and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
  2: Dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: Butea

Butea

Butea is also a commune in Iaşi County, Romania, see Butea, Iaşi.

Butea
Butea monosperma
Butea monosperma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Butea
Roxb.
Species

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Butea or Flame of the Forest is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the pea family, Fabaceae. It includes many species of trees, shrubs, and lianas. Several species produce resins used in cosmetics or ayurvedic medicine.

Butea monosperma or Butea frondosa, also known as Flame of the Forest or Bastard Teak or Palash in Hindi, is native to India and Southeast Asia, where it is used for timber, resin, fodder, medicine, and dye. The gum from Butea called kamarkas in Hindi is used in certain food dishes. Butea is also a host to the Lac insect, which produces natural lacquer.

In West Bengal it is associated with Spring (season), and especially through poems and songs of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who likened its bright orange flame like flower to fire. In Santiniketan, where Tagore lived, this flower has become an indispensable part of the celebration of spring.

Species

  • Butea acuminata
  • Butea affinis
  • Butea africana
  • Butea apoensis
  • Butea balansae
  • Butea braamiana
  • Butea bracteolata
  • Butea buteiformis
  • Butea crassifolia
  • Butea dubia
  • Butea ferruginea
  • Butea gyrocarpa
  • Butea harmandii
  • Butea laotica
  • Butea listeri
  • Butea littoralis
  • Butea loureirii
  • Butea macroptera
  • Butea maingayi
  • Butea merguensis
  • Butea minor
  • Butea monosperma (syn. Butea frondosa): Flame of the Forest, Bastard Teak, Pâlāsh
  • Butea oblongifolia
  • Butea parviflora
  • Butea pellita
  • Butea peltata
  • Butea philippinensis
  • Butea pottingeri
  • Butea pulchra
  • Butea purpurea
  • Butea ridleyi
  • Butea riparia
  • Butea rosea
  • Butea sanguinea
  • Butea sericophylla
  • Butea spirei
  • Butea squamigera
  • Butea suberecta
  • Butea superba
  • Butea varians
  • Butea volubilis

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Topics by Level of Interest: Butea

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Butea 21     Butea 21
Butea monosperma 13     Butea monosperma 13
Butea superba 2     Butea superba 2

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Translations: Butea

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Deutsch Butea (Butea). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Butea. (volunteer & more translations)
Français butée (abutment, stop, assembler slide stop bracket, banking, buffer). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Butea. (volunteer & more translations)
French butée (abutment, stop, assembler slide stop bracket, banking, buffer). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Butea. (volunteer & more translations)
German Butea (Butea). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Butea. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Butea (Butea). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Butea. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Butea (Butea). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Butea. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Butea

Language Translations for “Butea” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin Uteabay (Butea). Additional references: Pig Latin, Butea. (volunteer)
Terran B butee (Butea). Additional references: Terran B, Butea. (volunteer)
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