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TULIP ORCHID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous grey-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow flowers appearing only partially opened; sometimes placed in genus Cattleya
Synonyms:
Cattleya citrina; Encyclia citrina; tulip orchid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tulip 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 ("tulip orchid" is a member of...):
Encyclia; genus Encyclia (large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum)
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