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CEPHALANTHERA RUBRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cephalanthera rubra mean?
• CEPHALANTHERA RUBRA (noun)
The noun CEPHALANTHERA RUBRA has 1 sense:
1. orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers
Familiarity information: CEPHALANTHERA RUBRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cephalanthera rubra; red helleborine
Hypernyms ("Cephalanthera rubra" is a kind of...):
helleborine (any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera)
Holonyms ("Cephalanthera rubra" is a member of...):
Cephalanthera; genus Cephalanthera (small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids)
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