TANGLE ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tangle orchid mean? 

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

1. an orchid of the genus Plectorrhiza having tangled roots and long wiry stems bearing lax racemes of small fragrant green flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANGLE ORCHID (noun)

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Meaning:

An orchid of the genus Plectorrhiza having tangled roots and long wiry stems bearing lax racemes of small fragrant green flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tangle orchid" 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 ("tangle orchid" is a member of...):

genus Plectorrhiza; Plectorrhiza (small genus of Australian orchids)