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RAGGED ORCHIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ragged orchis mean?
• RAGGED ORCHIS (noun)
The noun RAGGED ORCHIS has 1 sense:
1. fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerated
Familiarity information: RAGGED ORCHIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 orchis" 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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