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FUNNEL-CREST ROSEBUD ORCHID
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
Synonyms:
Cleistes divaricata; funnel-crest rosebud orchid; Pogonia divaricata; spreading pogonia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("funnel-crest rosebud 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 ("funnel-crest rosebud orchid" is a member of...):
Cleistes; genus Cleistes (terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia)