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ORCHIS PAPILIONACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Orchis papilionaceae mean?
• ORCHIS PAPILIONACEAE (noun)
The noun ORCHIS PAPILIONACEAE has 1 sense:
1. Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip
Familiarity information: ORCHIS PAPILIONACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
butterfly orchid; butterfly orchis; Orchis papilionaceae
Hypernyms ("Orchis papilionaceae" is a kind of...):
orchis (any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes)
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