greater butterfly orchid

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   south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria

   SynonymsPlatanthera chloranthaHabenaria chlorantha

   Broaderorchid

   Part ofPlatanthera

Questions about greater butterfly orchid

What does greater butterfly orchid mean?

greater butterfly orchid means "south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria".

What is another word for greater butterfly orchid?

Close synonyms include Platanthera chlorantha, Habenaria chlorantha. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is greater butterfly orchid a common word?

greater butterfly orchid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.