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BUTTERFLY ORCHIS
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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 orchis" is a kind of...):
orchis (any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes)
Sense 2
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 orchis" 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 orchis" 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)
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