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RATTLESNAKE ORCHID
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rattlesnake 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 ("rattlesnake orchid" is a member of...):
genus Pholidota; Pholidota (genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific)
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