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FOXTAIL ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foxtail orchid mean? 

FOXTAIL ORCHID (noun)
  The noun FOXTAIL ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. any of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical racemeplay

  Familiarity information: FOXTAIL ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOXTAIL ORCHID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical raceme

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

genus Rhyncostylis; Rhyncostylis (genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia)


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