HyperDic: catasetum_macrocarpum

English > 1 sense of the expression Catasetum macrocarpum:
NOUNplantCatasetum macrocarpum, jumping orchidorchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme
English > Catasetum macrocarpum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningorchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected.
Synonymjumping orchid
Member ofCatasetum, genus Catasetumgenus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences
Broaderorchid, orchidaceous plantAny of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

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