DANCING LADY ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dancing lady orchid mean? 

• DANCING LADY ORCHID (noun)
  The noun DANCING LADY ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants

  Familiarity information: DANCING LADY ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DANCING LADY ORCHID (noun)

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Meaning:

Any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butterfly orchid; butterfly plant; dancing lady orchid; oncidium

Hypernyms ("dancing lady 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 ("dancing lady orchid" is a member of...):

genus Oncidium (large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America)