| NOUN | plant | Bletia striata, Bletilla striata | Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers |
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| Meaning | Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia. | |
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| Synonym | Bletilla striata | |
| Member of | Bletilla, genus Bletilla | small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia |
| Broader | orchid, orchidaceous plant | Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors |
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