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PRAIRIE WHITE-FRINGED ORCHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie white-fringed orchid mean? 

PRAIRIE WHITE-FRINGED ORCHID (noun)
  The noun PRAIRIE WHITE-FRINGED ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. of central North America; a threatened speciesplay

  Familiarity information: PRAIRIE WHITE-FRINGED ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRAIRIE WHITE-FRINGED ORCHID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of central North America; a threatened species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Platanthera leucophea; prairie white-fringed orchid

Hypernyms ("prairie white-fringed 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)


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