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RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ragged-fringed orchid mean?
• RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID (noun)
The noun RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID has 1 sense:
1. fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerated
Familiarity information: RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
green fringed orchis; Habenaria lacera; ragged-fringed orchid; ragged orchid; ragged orchis
Hypernyms ("ragged-fringed orchid" is a kind of...):
fringed orchid; fringed orchis (any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip)
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