BLETILLA STRIATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bletilla striata mean? 

• BLETILLA STRIATA (noun)
  The noun BLETILLA 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 Bletia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLETILLA 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 ("Bletilla 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 ("Bletilla striata" is a member of...):

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