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ONCIDIUM PAPILIO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oncidium papilio mean? 

ONCIDIUM PAPILIO (noun)
  The noun ONCIDIUM PAPILIO has 1 sense:

1. orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidiumplay

  Familiarity information: ONCIDIUM PAPILIO used as a noun is very rare.


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ONCIDIUM PAPILIO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Oncidium papilio; Psychopsis papilio

Hypernyms ("Oncidium papilio" is a kind of...):

butterfly orchid (any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids)


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