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PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does purple-fringed orchid mean?
• PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHID (noun)
The noun PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHID has 2 senses:
1. North American orchid with clusters of fragrant purple fringed flowers
2. North American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers
Familiarity information: PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHID used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHID (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American orchid with clusters of fragrant purple fringed flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Habenaria psycodes; purple-fringed orchid; purple-fringed orchis
Hypernyms ("purple-fringed orchid" is a kind of...):
fringed orchid; fringed orchis (any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip)
Sense 2
Meaning:
North American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Habenaria fimbriata; purple-fringed orchid; purple-fringed orchis
Hypernyms ("purple-fringed 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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