SWAN ORCHID

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Meaning:

Any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan

Synonyms:

swan-flower; swan-neck; swan orchid; swanflower; swanneck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("swan 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 ("swan orchid" is a member of...):

Cycnoches; genus Cycnoches (genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids)