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FLY ORCHID

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

European orchid whose flowers resemble flies

Synonyms:

fly orchid; Ophrys insectifera; Ophrys muscifera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("fly 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several dwarf creeping orchids with small bizarre insect-like hairy flowers on slender stalks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

genus Trichoceros; Trichoceros (small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America)

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