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HABENARIA CHLORANTHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Habenaria chlorantha mean? 

HABENARIA CHLORANTHA (noun)
  The noun HABENARIA CHLORANTHA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HABENARIA CHLORANTHA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HABENARIA CHLORANTHA (noun)


Sense 1

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 ("Habenaria chlorantha" 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 ("Habenaria chlorantha" is a member of...):

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


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