PRAIRIE ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie orchid mean? 

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

1. orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRAIRIE ORCHID (noun)

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Meaning:

Orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Habenaria leucophaea; prairie orchid; prairie white-fringed orchis

Hypernyms ("prairie orchid" is a kind of...):

fringed orchid; fringed orchis (any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip)