swan-flower

1. 1.

   any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan

   Synonymsswan orchidswanflowerswanneckswan-neck

   Broaderorchid

   Part ofCycnoches

Questions about swan-flower

What does swan-flower mean?

swan-flower means "any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan".

How many syllables are in swan-flower?

swan-flower has 3 syllables: swan--flo-wer. The stress falls on "swan-".

What is another word for swan-flower?

Close synonyms include swan orchid, swanflower, swanneck, swan-neck. 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 swan-flower a common word?

swan-flower 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.