MARSH ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marsh orchid mean? 

• MARSH ORCHID (noun)
  The noun MARSH ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. any of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous roots; Europe and Mediterranean region

  Familiarity information: MARSH ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARSH ORCHID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous roots; Europe and Mediterranean region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("marsh orchid" 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 ("marsh orchid" is a member of...):

Dactylorhiza; genus Dactylorhiza (genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa)