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FLY ORCHID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
European orchid whose flowers resemble flies
Synonyms:
fly orchid; Ophrys insectifera; Ophrys muscifera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fly 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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of several dwarf creeping orchids with small bizarre insect-like hairy flowers on slender stalks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("fly 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 ("fly orchid" is a member of...):
genus Trichoceros; Trichoceros (small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America)