cleistes : Idioms & Phrases

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cleistes divaricata

  • noun orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
    Pogonia divaricata; funnel-crest rosebud orchid; spreading pogonia.
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cleistes rosea

  • noun orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
    Pogonia rosea; rosebud orchid.
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genus cleistes

  • noun terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia
    Cleistes.
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