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BLUE ORCHID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue orchid mean?
• BLUE ORCHID (noun)
The noun BLUE ORCHID has 1 sense:
1. famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers
Familiarity information: BLUE ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
blue orchid; Vanda caerulea
Hypernyms ("blue orchid" is a kind of...):
vanda (any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes)
Holonyms ("blue orchid" is a member of...):
genus Vanda (genus of showy epiphytic orchids of Himalayas to Malaysia)
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