PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purple-fringed orchis mean? 

• PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHIS (noun)
  The noun PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHIS 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 ORCHIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHIS (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 orchis" 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 orchis" is a kind of...):

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