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SARCOCHILUS FALCATUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip
Synonyms:
orange-blossom orchid; Sarcochilus falcatus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sarcochilus falcatus" 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 ("Sarcochilus falcatus" is a member of...):
genus Sarcochilus; Sarcochilus (diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia)