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SWAN-FLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swan-flower mean? 

SWAN-FLOWER (noun)
  The noun SWAN-FLOWER has 1 sense:

1. any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swanplay

  Familiarity information: SWAN-FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SWAN-FLOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

swan-flower; swan-neck; swan orchid; swanflower; swanneck

Hypernyms ("swan-flower" 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 ("swan-flower" is a member of...):

Cycnoches; genus Cycnoches (genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids)


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