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SHOWY ORCHIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does showy orchis mean?
• SHOWY ORCHIS (noun)
The noun SHOWY ORCHIS has 1 sense:
1. North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood
Familiarity information: SHOWY ORCHIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Orchis spectabilis; purple-hooded orchis; purple orchis; showy orchis
Hypernyms ("showy orchis" is a kind of...):
orchis (any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes)
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