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SNOW ORCHID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snow orchid mean?
• SNOW ORCHID (noun)
The noun SNOW ORCHID has 1 sense:
1. waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho
Familiarity information: SNOW ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Eburophyton austinae; phantom orchid; snow orchid
Hypernyms ("snow 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 ("snow orchid" is a member of...):
Eburophyton; genus Eburophyton (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae)
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