JUMPING ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jumping orchid mean? 

• JUMPING ORCHID (noun)
  The noun JUMPING ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUMPING ORCHID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Catasetum macrocarpum; jumping orchid

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

Catasetum; genus Catasetum (genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences)