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SWANFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swanflower mean? 

SWANFLOWER (noun)
  The noun SWANFLOWER 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: SWANFLOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SWANFLOWER (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 ("swanflower" 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 ("swanflower" is a member of...):

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


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