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JUMPING ORCHID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
Synonyms:
Catasetum macrocarpum; jumping orchid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jumping 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 ("jumping orchid" is a member of...):
Catasetum; genus Catasetum (genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences)
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