BUTTERFLY ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butterfly orchid mean? 

• BUTTERFLY ORCHID (noun)
  The noun BUTTERFLY ORCHID has 5 senses:

1. any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids

2. any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants

3. Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip

4. orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum

5. Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip

  Familiarity information: BUTTERFLY ORCHID used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTTERFLY ORCHID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("butterfly 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butterfly orchid"):

Oncidium papilio kramerianum; Psychopsis krameriana (orchid of South and Central America having flowers similar to but smaller than Psychopsis papilio; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium)

Oncidium papilio; Psychopsis papilio (orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium)

Holonyms ("butterfly orchid" is a member of...):

genus Psychopsis; Psychopsis (epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butterfly orchid; butterfly plant; dancing lady orchid; oncidium

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

genus Oncidium (large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butterfly orchid; butterfly orchis; Encyclia venosa; Epidendrum venosum

Hypernyms ("butterfly 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 ("butterfly 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)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butterfly orchid; Encyclia tampensis; Epidendrum tampense

Hypernyms ("butterfly 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 ("butterfly 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)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butterfly orchid; butterfly orchis; Orchis papilionaceae

Hypernyms ("butterfly orchid" is a kind of...):

orchis (any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes)