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FRAGRANT ORCHID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fragrant orchid mean?
• FRAGRANT ORCHID (noun)
The noun FRAGRANT ORCHID has 1 sense:
1. European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs
Familiarity information: FRAGRANT ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
fragrant orchid; Gymnadenia conopsea
Hypernyms ("fragrant 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 ("fragrant orchid" is a member of...):
genus Gymnadenia; Gymnadenia (small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia)
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