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TANGLE ORCHID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tangle orchid mean?
• TANGLE ORCHID (noun)
The noun TANGLE ORCHID has 1 sense:
1. an orchid of the genus Plectorrhiza having tangled roots and long wiry stems bearing lax racemes of small fragrant green flowers
Familiarity information: TANGLE ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An orchid of the genus Plectorrhiza having tangled roots and long wiry stems bearing lax racemes of small fragrant green flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("tangle 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 ("tangle orchid" is a member of...):
genus Plectorrhiza; Plectorrhiza (small genus of Australian orchids)
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