RATTLESNAKE ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rattlesnake orchid mean? 

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

1. any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATTLESNAKE ORCHID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail

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Nouns denoting plants

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

genus Pholidota; Pholidota (genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific)