PRAIRIE WHITE-FRINGED ORCHIS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie white-fringed orchis mean?

• PRAIRIE WHITE-FRINGED ORCHIS (noun)
The noun PRAIRIE WHITE-FRINGED ORCHIS 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 WHITE-FRINGED ORCHIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PRAIRIE WHITE-FRINGED ORCHIS (noun)

Sense 1

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 white-fringed orchis" 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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ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:

Prairie white-fringed orchid