SPIDER ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spider orchid mean? 

• SPIDER ORCHID (noun)
  The noun SPIDER ORCHID has 3 senses:

1. any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys

2. Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts

3. South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers

  Familiarity information: SPIDER ORCHID used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIDER ORCHID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("spider 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spider orchid"):

early spider orchid; Ophrys sphegodes (spring-blooming spider orchid having a flower with yellow or green or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip)

Holonyms ("spider orchid" is a member of...):

genus Ophrys; Ophrys (a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brassia verrucosa; spider orchid

Hypernyms ("spider 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 ("spider orchid" is a member of...):

Brassia; genus Brassia (genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids)

Sense 3

Meaning:

South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brassia lawrenceana; spider orchid

Hypernyms ("spider 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 ("spider orchid" is a member of...):

Brassia; genus Brassia (genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids)