hooker's orchid

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   a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal

   SynonymsHabenaria hookeri

   Broaderfringed orchis

Questions about hooker's orchid

What does hooker's orchid mean?

hooker's orchid means "a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal".

What is another word for hooker's orchid?

Close synonyms include Habenaria hookeri. 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 hooker's orchid a common word?

hooker's 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.