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SPIDER ORCHID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers
Synonyms:
Brassia lawrenceana; spider orchid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("spider 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 ("spider orchid" is a member of...):
Brassia; genus Brassia (genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts
Synonyms:
Brassia verrucosa; spider orchid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("spider 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 ("spider orchid" is a member of...):
Brassia; genus Brassia (genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("spider 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spider orchid"):
early spider orchid; Ophrys sphegodes (spring-blooming spider orchid having a flower with yellow or green or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip)
Holonyms ("spider orchid" is a member of...):
genus Ophrys; Ophrys (a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia)
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