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    LESSER BUTTERFLY ORCHID

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    South European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenariaplay

    Synonyms:

    Habenaria bifolia; lesser butterfly orchid; Platanthera bifolia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("lesser butterfly 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 ("lesser butterfly orchid" is a member of...):

    genus Platanthera; Platanthera (herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres)

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