ORANGE-BLOSSOM ORCHID

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Meaning:

Diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip

Synonyms:

orange-blossom orchid; Sarcochilus falcatus

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("orange-blossom 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 ("orange-blossom orchid" is a member of...):

genus Sarcochilus; Sarcochilus (diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia)

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