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APLECTRUM HYEMALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Aplectrum hyemale mean?
• APLECTRUM HYEMALE (noun)
The noun APLECTRUM HYEMALE has 1 sense:
1. North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
Familiarity information: APLECTRUM HYEMALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
adam-and-eve; Aplectrum hyemale; puttyroot
Hypernyms ("Aplectrum hyemale" 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 ("Aplectrum hyemale" is a member of...):
Aplectrum; genus Aplectrum (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae)
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