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RAGGED ORCHIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does ragged orchis mean?

• RAGGED ORCHIS (noun)
The noun RAGGED ORCHIS has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: RAGGED ORCHIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• RAGGED ORCHIS (noun)

Sense 1

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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 orchis" 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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