GREATER BUTTERFLY ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greater butterfly orchid mean? 

• GREATER BUTTERFLY ORCHID (noun)
  The noun GREATER BUTTERFLY ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria

  Familiarity information: GREATER BUTTERFLY ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREATER BUTTERFLY ORCHID (noun)

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Meaning:

South European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

greater butterfly orchid; Habenaria chlorantha; Platanthera chlorantha

Hypernyms ("greater butterfly 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 ("greater butterfly orchid" is a member of...):

genus Platanthera; Platanthera (herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres)