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    SWANNECK

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swanplay

    Synonyms:

    swan-flower; swan-neck; swan orchid; swanflower; swanneck

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("swanneck" 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 ("swanneck" is a member of...):

    Cycnoches; genus Cycnoches (genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids)

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