COMMON SPOTTED ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common spotted orchid mean? 

• COMMON SPOTTED ORCHID (noun)
  The noun COMMON SPOTTED ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple

  Familiarity information: COMMON SPOTTED ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON SPOTTED ORCHID (noun)

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Meaning:

European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common spotted orchid; Dactylorhiza fuchsii; Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii

Hypernyms ("common spotted orchid" 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 ("common spotted orchid" is a member of...):

Dactylorhiza; genus Dactylorhiza (genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa)