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ORCHIS SPECTABILIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Orchis spectabilis mean?
• ORCHIS SPECTABILIS (noun)
The noun ORCHIS SPECTABILIS has 1 sense:
1. North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood
Familiarity information: ORCHIS SPECTABILIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Orchis spectabilis; purple-hooded orchis; purple orchis; showy orchis
Hypernyms ("Orchis spectabilis" is a kind of...):
orchis (any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes)
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