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HABENARIA PERAMOENA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Habenaria peramoena mean?
• HABENARIA PERAMOENA (noun)
The noun HABENARIA PERAMOENA has 1 sense:
1. orchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisions
Familiarity information: HABENARIA PERAMOENA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Orchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Habenaria peramoena; purple fringeless orchid; purple fringeless orchis
Hypernyms ("Habenaria peramoena" is a kind of...):
fringed orchid; fringed orchis (any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip)
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