STREAM ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stream orchid mean? 

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

1. orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STREAM ORCHID (noun)

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Meaning:

Orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chatterbox; Epipactis gigantea; giant helleborine; stream orchid

Hypernyms ("stream orchid" is a kind of...):

helleborine (any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis)

Holonyms ("stream orchid" is a member of...):

Epipactis; genus Epipactis (genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers)