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CRESTED CORAL ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crested coral root mean? 

CRESTED CORAL ROOT (noun)
  The noun CRESTED CORAL ROOT has 1 sense:

1. orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: CRESTED CORAL ROOT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CRESTED CORAL ROOT (noun)


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Meaning:

Orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

crested coral root; Hexalectris spicata

Hypernyms ("crested coral root" 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 ("crested coral root" is a member of...):

genus Hexalectris; Hexalectris (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae)


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