phantom orchid

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   waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho

   Synonymssnow orchidEburophyton austinae

   Broaderorchid

   Part ofEburophyton

Questions about phantom orchid

What does phantom orchid mean?

phantom orchid means "waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho".

What is another word for phantom orchid?

Close synonyms include snow orchid, Eburophyton austinae. 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 phantom orchid a common word?

phantom 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.