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GREATER BUTTERFLY ORCHID
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
South European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
Synonyms:
greater butterfly orchid; Habenaria chlorantha; Platanthera chlorantha
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("greater 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 ("greater butterfly orchid" is a member of...):
genus Platanthera; Platanthera (herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres)