butterfly orchis

Noun
  1. Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip (synset 112082115)
    is a type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
    belongs to: encyclia, genus encyclia - large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum
    same as: butterfly orchid, encyclia venosa, epidendrum venosum
  2. Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip (synset 112064305)
    is a type of: orchis - any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
    same as: butterfly orchid, orchis papilionaceae

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