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HOOKER'S ORCHID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hooker's orchid mean?
• HOOKER'S ORCHID (noun)
The noun HOOKER'S ORCHID has 1 sense:
1. a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal
Familiarity information: HOOKER'S ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Habenaria hookeri; Hooker's orchid
Hypernyms ("Hooker's orchid" is a kind of...):
fringed orchid; fringed orchis (any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip)
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