TULIP ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tulip orchid mean? 

• TULIP ORCHID (noun)
  The noun TULIP ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous grey-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow flowers appearing only partially opened; sometimes placed in genus Cattleya

  Familiarity information: TULIP ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TULIP ORCHID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous grey-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow flowers appearing only partially opened; sometimes placed in genus Cattleya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cattleya citrina; Encyclia citrina; tulip orchid

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

Encyclia; genus Encyclia (large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum)