HyperDic: texas_purple_spike

English > 1 sense of the expression Texas purple spike:
NOUNplantTexas purple spike, Hexalectris warnockiiorchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers
English > Texas purple spike: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningorchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers; of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texas.
SynonymHexalectris warnockii
Member ofHexalectris, genus HexalectrisA monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
Broaderorchid, orchidaceous plantAny of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

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