CLEISTES DIVARICATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cleistes divaricata mean? 

• CLEISTES DIVARICATA (noun)
  The noun CLEISTES DIVARICATA has 1 sense:

1. orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia

  Familiarity information: CLEISTES DIVARICATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLEISTES DIVARICATA (noun)

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Meaning:

Orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cleistes divaricata; funnel-crest rosebud orchid; Pogonia divaricata; spreading pogonia

Hypernyms ("Cleistes divaricata" 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 ("Cleistes divaricata" is a member of...):

Cleistes; genus Cleistes (terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia)