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CLEISTES ROSEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
Synonyms:
Cleistes rosea; Pogonia rosea; rosebud orchid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cleistes rosea" 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 ("Cleistes rosea" is a member of...):
Cleistes; genus Cleistes (terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia)
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