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    TEXAS PURPLE SPIKE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers; of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texasplay

    Synonyms:

    Hexalectris warnockii; Texas purple spike

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Texas purple spike" 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 ("Texas purple spike" is a member of...):

    genus Hexalectris; Hexalectris (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae)

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