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RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID

Dictionary entry overview: What does ragged-fringed orchid mean?

• RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID (noun)
The noun RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerate

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

Dictionary entry details

• RAGGED-FRINGED ORCHID (noun)

Sense 1

ragged-fringed orchid ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

green fringed orchis; Habenaria lacera; ragged orchid; ragged orchis; ragged-fringed orchid

Hypernyms ("ragged-fringed 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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