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WHITE FRINGED ORCHID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white fringed orchid mean?
• WHITE FRINGED ORCHID (noun)
The noun WHITE FRINGED ORCHID has 1 sense:
1. bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers
Familiarity information: WHITE FRINGED ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Habenaria albiflora; white fringed orchid; white fringed orchis
Hypernyms ("white fringed orchid" is a kind of...):
fringed orchid; fringed orchis (any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip)
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