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EPIDENDRUM VENOSUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Epidendrum venosum mean?
• EPIDENDRUM VENOSUM (noun)
The noun EPIDENDRUM VENOSUM has 1 sense:
1. Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
Familiarity information: EPIDENDRUM VENOSUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
butterfly orchid; butterfly orchis; Encyclia venosa; Epidendrum venosum
Hypernyms ("Epidendrum venosum" 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 venosum" 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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