Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun butterfly_orchid

5 senses of butterfly orchid

Sense 1
butterfly orchid -- (any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids)
       => orchid, orchidaceous plant -- (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Sense 2
oncidium, dancing lady orchid, butterfly plant, butterfly orchid -- (any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants)
       => orchid, orchidaceous plant -- (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Sense 3
butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, Epidendrum venosum, Encyclia venosa -- (Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip)
       => orchid, orchidaceous plant -- (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Sense 4
butterfly orchid, Encyclia tampensis, Epidendrum tampense -- (orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum)
       => orchid, orchidaceous plant -- (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Sense 5
butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, Orchis papilionaceae -- (Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip)
       => orchis -- (any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes)