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ENCYCLIA VENOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Encyclia venosa mean? 

ENCYCLIA VENOSA (noun)
  The noun ENCYCLIA VENOSA has 1 sense:

1. Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lipplay

  Familiarity information: ENCYCLIA VENOSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENCYCLIA VENOSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butterfly orchid; butterfly orchis; Encyclia venosa; Epidendrum venosum

Hypernyms ("Encyclia venosa" 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 ("Encyclia venosa" is a member of...):

Encyclia; genus Encyclia (large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum)


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