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SHORT-SPURRED FRAGRANT ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does short-spurred fragrant orchid mean? 

SHORT-SPURRED FRAGRANT ORCHID (noun)
  The noun SHORT-SPURRED FRAGRANT ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spursplay

  Familiarity information: SHORT-SPURRED FRAGRANT ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.


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SHORT-SPURRED FRAGRANT ORCHID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Gymnadenia odoratissima; short-spurred fragrant orchid

Hypernyms ("short-spurred fragrant 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 ("short-spurred fragrant orchid" is a member of...):

genus Gymnadenia; Gymnadenia (small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia)


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