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EPIDENDRUM TAMPENSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Epidendrum tampense mean?
• EPIDENDRUM TAMPENSE (noun)
The noun EPIDENDRUM TAMPENSE has 1 sense:
1. orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum
Familiarity information: EPIDENDRUM TAMPENSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("Epidendrum tampense" 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 ("Epidendrum tampense" 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)
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