VANILLA ORCHID

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does vanilla orchid mean? 

• VANILLA ORCHID (noun)
  The noun VANILLA ORCHID has 1 sense:

1. a climbing orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America

  Familiarity information: VANILLA ORCHID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VANILLA ORCHID (noun)

Meaning:

A climbing orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

vanilla orchid; Vanilla planifolia

Hypernyms ("vanilla orchid" is a kind of...):

vanilla (any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers)

Meronyms (parts of "vanilla orchid"):

vanilla bean (long bean-like fruit; seeds are used as flavoring)

Holonyms ("vanilla orchid" is a member of...):

genus Vanilla (large genus of tropical climbing orchids; Old and New Worlds)