PHALAENOPSIS AMABILIS

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Meaning:

Orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red

Synonyms:

butterfly plant; Phalaenopsis amabilis

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Phalaenopsis amabilis" is a kind of...):

moth orchid; moth plant (any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled grey and silver)

Holonyms ("Phalaenopsis amabilis" is a member of...):

genus Phalaenopsis; Phalaenopsis (genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia)

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