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MALAXIS OPHIOGLOSSOIDES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Malaxis ophioglossoides mean? 

MALAXIS OPHIOGLOSSOIDES (noun)
  The noun MALAXIS OPHIOGLOSSOIDES has 1 sense:

1. North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petalsplay

  Familiarity information: MALAXIS OPHIOGLOSSOIDES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MALAXIS OPHIOGLOSSOIDES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

green adder's mouth; Malaxis-unifolia; Malaxis ophioglossoides

Hypernyms ("Malaxis ophioglossoides" 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 ("Malaxis ophioglossoides" is a member of...):

genus Malaxis; Malaxis (large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan)


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