CLEISTES ROSEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cleistes rosea mean? 

• CLEISTES ROSEA (noun)
  The noun CLEISTES ROSEA has 1 sense:

1. orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia

  Familiarity information: CLEISTES ROSEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLEISTES ROSEA (noun)

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Meaning:

Orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cleistes rosea; Pogonia rosea; rosebud orchid

Hypernyms ("Cleistes rosea" 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 ("Cleistes rosea" is a member of...):

Cleistes; genus Cleistes (terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia)