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EPIDENDRUM TAMPENSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Epidendrum tampense mean? 

EPIDENDRUM TAMPENSE (noun)
  The noun EPIDENDRUM TAMPENSE has 1 sense:

1. orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrumplay

  Familiarity information: EPIDENDRUM TAMPENSE used as a noun is very rare.


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EPIDENDRUM TAMPENSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butterfly orchid; Encyclia tampensis; Epidendrum tampense

Hypernyms ("Epidendrum tampense" 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 ("Epidendrum tampense" is a member of...):

Encyclia; genus Encyclia (large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum)


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