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    ROSEBUD ORCHID

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogoniaplay

    Synonyms:

    Cleistes rosea; Pogonia rosea; rosebud orchid

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("rosebud 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 ("rosebud orchid" is a member of...):

    Cleistes; genus Cleistes (terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia)

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