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FUNNEL-CREST ROSEBUD ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does funnel-crest rosebud orchid mean? 

FUNNEL-CREST ROSEBUD ORCHID (noun)
  The noun FUNNEL-CREST ROSEBUD ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogoniaplay

  Familiarity information: FUNNEL-CREST ROSEBUD ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.


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FUNNEL-CREST ROSEBUD ORCHID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cleistes divaricata; funnel-crest rosebud orchid; Pogonia divaricata; spreading pogonia

Hypernyms ("funnel-crest rosebud 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 ("funnel-crest rosebud orchid" is a member of...):

Cleistes; genus Cleistes (terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia)


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