butterfly_orchid
1. [ noun ] (botany) orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum
Synonyms: Epidendrum_tampense Encyclia_tampensis
Related terms: orchid Encyclia
2. [ noun ] (botany) Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
Synonyms: Epidendrum_venosum Encyclia_venosa butterfly_orchis
Related terms: orchid Encyclia
3. [ noun ] (botany) any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
Synonyms: dancing_lady_orchid butterfly_plant oncidium
Related terms: orchid genus_Oncidium
4. [ noun ] (botany) any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids
Related terms: orchid Psychopsis_papilio Psychopsis_krameriana Psychopsis
5. [ noun ] (botany) Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip
Synonyms: Orchis_papilionaceae butterfly_orchis
Related terms: orchis
Similar spelling:   butterfly_orchis
  butterfly_weed
  butterfly_fish
  butterfly_bush
  butterflyfish
  butterfly_ray
  butterfly_pea
  butterfly_nut
  butterfly_flower
  butterfly_collector
  butterfly_valve
  butterfly_plant
  butterfly_stroke
  butterfly_effect
  butter-flower
  butterfingered