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HEXALECTRIS SPICATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hexalectris spicata mean?
• HEXALECTRIS SPICATA (noun)
The noun HEXALECTRIS SPICATA has 1 sense:
1. orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States
Familiarity information: HEXALECTRIS SPICATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
crested coral root; Hexalectris spicata
Hypernyms ("Hexalectris spicata" 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 ("Hexalectris spicata" is a member of...):
genus Hexalectris; Hexalectris (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae)
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