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PRAIRIE ORCHID
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers
Synonyms:
Habenaria leucophaea; prairie orchid; prairie white-fringed orchis
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Hypernyms ("prairie orchid" is a kind of...):
fringed orchid; fringed orchis (any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip)