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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 petals
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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