INDIAN CROCUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian crocus mean? • INDIAN CROCUS (noun)
The noun INDIAN CROCUS has 1 sense:
1. any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing one or two solitary white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers with slender stalks
Familiarity information: INDIAN CROCUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INDIAN CROCUS (noun)
Meaning:
Any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing one or two solitary white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers with slender stalks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Indian crocus" 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 ("Indian crocus" is a member of...):
genus Pleione; Pleione (small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan)
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