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butterfly orchid has 9 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids
any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum
Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for butterfly orchid come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.