ARETHUSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arethusa mean? 

• ARETHUSA (noun)
  The noun ARETHUSA has 1 sense:

1. any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers

  Familiarity information: ARETHUSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARETHUSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("arethusa" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arethusa"):

Arethusa bulbosa; bog rose; dragon's mouth; wild pink (a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla; Canada)

Holonyms ("arethusa" is a member of...):

genus Arethusa (genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan)