CLEISTES ROSEA

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Meaning:

Orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia

Synonyms:

Cleistes rosea; Pogonia rosea; rosebud orchid

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cleistes rosea" 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 ("Cleistes rosea" is a member of...):

Cleistes; genus Cleistes (terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia)

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