PRAIRIE ORCHID

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers

Synonyms:

Habenaria leucophaea; prairie orchid; prairie white-fringed orchis

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("prairie orchid" is a kind of...):

fringed orchid; fringed orchis (any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip)

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