PHANTOM ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phantom orchid mean? 

• PHANTOM ORCHID (noun)
  The noun PHANTOM ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho

  Familiarity information: PHANTOM ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHANTOM ORCHID (noun)

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Meaning:

Waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eburophyton austinae; phantom orchid; snow orchid

Hypernyms ("phantom orchid" 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 ("phantom orchid" is a member of...):

Eburophyton; genus Eburophyton (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae)