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RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ragged-fringed orchid mean? 

RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID (noun)
  The noun RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply laceratedplay

  Familiarity information: RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

green fringed orchis; Habenaria lacera; ragged-fringed orchid; ragged orchid; ragged orchis

Hypernyms ("ragged-fringed orchid" is a kind of...):

fringed orchid; fringed orchis (any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip)


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