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BLETIA STRIATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bletia striata mean? 

BLETIA STRIATA (noun)
  The noun BLETIA STRIATA has 1 sense:

1. Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletiaplay

  Familiarity information: BLETIA STRIATA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLETIA STRIATA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bletia striata; Bletilla striata

Hypernyms ("Bletia striata" 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 ("Bletia striata" is a member of...):

Bletilla; genus Bletilla (small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia)


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