INDIAN CROCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian crocus mean? 

• INDIAN CROCUS (noun)
  The noun INDIAN CROCUS has 1 sense:

1. any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing one or two solitary white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers with slender stalks

  Familiarity information: INDIAN CROCUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIAN CROCUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing one or two solitary white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers with slender stalks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Indian crocus" 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 ("Indian crocus" is a member of...):

genus Pleione; Pleione (small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan)