JUMPING ORCHID
Dictionary entry overview: What does jumping orchid mean? • JUMPING ORCHID (noun)
The noun JUMPING ORCHID has 1 sense:
1. orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
Familiarity information: JUMPING ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JUMPING ORCHID (noun)
Meaning:
Orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Catasetum macrocarpum; jumping orchid
Hypernyms ("jumping 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 ("jumping orchid" is a member of...):
Catasetum; genus Catasetum (genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences)
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