BLETIA STRIATA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia

Synonyms:

Bletia striata; Bletilla striata

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Bletia striata" 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 ("Bletia striata" is a member of...):

Bletilla; genus Bletilla (small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia)

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