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BUTTERFLY ORCHID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip
Synonyms:
butterfly orchid; butterfly orchis; Orchis papilionaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("butterfly orchid" is a kind of...):
orchis (any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum
Synonyms:
butterfly orchid; Encyclia tampensis; Epidendrum tampense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("butterfly 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 ("butterfly orchid" is a member of...):
Encyclia; genus Encyclia (large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
Synonyms:
butterfly orchid; butterfly orchis; Encyclia venosa; Epidendrum venosum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("butterfly 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 ("butterfly orchid" is a member of...):
Encyclia; genus Encyclia (large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
Synonyms:
butterfly orchid; butterfly plant; dancing lady orchid; oncidium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("butterfly 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 ("butterfly orchid" is a member of...):
genus Oncidium (large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("butterfly 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butterfly orchid"):
Oncidium papilio kramerianum; Psychopsis krameriana (orchid of South and Central America having flowers similar to but smaller than Psychopsis papilio; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium)
Oncidium papilio; Psychopsis papilio (orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium)
Holonyms ("butterfly orchid" is a member of...):
genus Psychopsis; Psychopsis (epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium)
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