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orchid vs butterfly plant

butterfly plant vs orchid

orchid and butterfly plant both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
orchid Yes No No No
butterfly plant Yes No No No
As nouns, butterfly plant is a hyponym of orchid; that is, butterfly plant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than orchid:
  • orchid: any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
  • butterfly plant: any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
Other hyponyms of orchid include orchis, aerides, angrecum, jewel orchid, adam-and-eve, Aplectrum hyemale, puttyroot, arethusa, bletia, Bletia striata, Bletilla striata, brassavola, Brassia lawrenceana, spider orchid, Brassia verrucosa, spider orchid, caladenia, calanthe, Calopogon pulchellum, Calopogon tuberosum, grass pink, calypso, Calypso bulbosa, fairy-slipper, Catasetum macrocarpum, jumping orchid, cattleya, helleborine, Cleistes divaricata, funnel-crest rosebud orchid, Pogonia divaricata, spreading pogonia, Cleistes rosea, Pogonia rosea, rosebud orchid, Coeloglossum bracteatum, satyr orchid, Coeloglossum viride, frog orchid, coelogyne, coral root, helmet orchid, helmetflower, swan-flower, swan-neck, swan orchid, swanflower, swanneck, cymbid, cymbidium, cypripedia, ladies' slipper, lady's-slipper, lady's slipper, lady-slipper, lady slipper, slipper orchid, marsh orchid, common spotted orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii, dendrobium, disa, Eburophyton austinae, phantom orchid, snow orchid, Cattleya citrina, Encyclia citrina, tulip orchid, butterfly orchid, Encyclia tampensis, Epidendrum tampense, butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, Encyclia venosa, Epidendrum venosum, epidendron, helleborine, tongue-flower, tongueflower, helleborine, rattlesnake plantain, fragrant orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, Gymnadenia odoratissima, short-spurred fragrant orchid, fringed orchid, fringed orchis, frog orchid, rein orchid, rein orchis, crested coral root, Hexalectris spicata, Hexalectris warnockii, Texas purple spike, Himantoglossum hircinum, lizard orchid, laelia, liparis, twayblade, fen orchid, fen orchis, Liparis loeselii, broad-leaved twayblade, Listera convallarioides, lesser twayblade, Listera cordata, Listera ovata, twayblade, green adder's mouth, Malaxis-unifolia, Malaxis ophioglossoides, masdevallia, maxillaria, pansy orchid, odontoglossum, butterfly orchid, dancing lady orchid, oncidium, bee orchid, Ophrys apifera, fly orchid, Ophrys insectifera, Ophrys muscifera, spider orchid, Venus' slipper, Venus's shoe, Venus's slipper, phaius, moth orchid, moth plant, rattlesnake orchid, Habenaria bifolia, lesser butterfly orchid, Platanthera bifolia, greater butterfly orchid, Habenaria chlorantha, Platanthera chlorantha, Platanthera leucophea, prairie white-fringed orchid, tangle orchid, Indian crocus, pleurothallis, pogonia, butterfly orchid, greenhood, helmet orchid, foxtail orchid, orange-blossom orchid, Sarcochilus falcatus, sobralia, ladies' tresses, lady's tresses, stanhopea, stelis, fly orchid, vanda, vanilla.
orchid (noun) butterfly plant (noun)
any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red
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