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BLETIA STRIATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bletia striata mean?
• BLETIA STRIATA (noun)
The noun BLETIA STRIATA has 1 sense:
1. Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia
Familiarity information: BLETIA STRIATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bletia striata; Bletilla striata
Hypernyms ("Bletia striata" is a kind of...):
orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)
Holonyms ("Bletia striata" is a member of...):
Bletilla; genus Bletilla (small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia)
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