phalaenopsis amabilis

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   orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red

   Synonymsbutterfly plant

   Broadermoth orchid

   Part ofPhalaenopsis

Questions about phalaenopsis amabilis

What does phalaenopsis amabilis mean?

phalaenopsis amabilis means "orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red".

What is another word for phalaenopsis amabilis?

Close synonyms include butterfly plant. 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 phalaenopsis amabilis a common word?

phalaenopsis amabilis 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.