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ENCYCLIA TAMPENSIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum
Synonyms:
butterfly orchid; Encyclia tampensis; Epidendrum tampense
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Encyclia tampensis" 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 ("Encyclia tampensis" 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)