Definition for BHU-CHAMP'AC

BHU-CHAMP'AC, n. [Hindu, bhu, ground, and champac, a plant.]

A beautiful plant of India, known in Linnæus's system under the name of Kæmpferia rotunda. The blossoms rise from the ground with a short scape, and scarce live a whole day. – As. Res. iii. 254.

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