orange-blossom orchid

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   diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip

   SynonymsSarcochilus falcatus

   Broaderorchid

   Part ofSarcochilus

Questions about orange-blossom orchid

What does orange-blossom orchid mean?

orange-blossom orchid means "diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip".

What is another word for orange-blossom orchid?

Close synonyms include Sarcochilus falcatus. 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 orange-blossom orchid a common word?

orange-blossom 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.