English > Platanthera: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres. |
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Synonym | genus Platanthera |
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Member of | Orchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid family | enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers |
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Members | greater butterfly orchid, Platanthera chlorantha, Habenaria chlorantha | south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger / larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia |
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lesser butterfly orchid, Platanthera bifolia, Habenaria bifolia | south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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Spanish | género platanthera, genus platanthera, platanthera |
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Catalan | genus platanthera, platanthera |
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