orchis vs purple-hooded orchis

purple-hooded orchis vs orchis

orchis and purple-hooded orchis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
orchis	Yes	No	No	No
purple-hooded orchis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, purple-hooded orchis is a hyponym of orchis; that is, purple-hooded orchis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than orchis:

orchis: any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
purple-hooded orchis: North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood

Other hyponyms of orchis include early purple orchid, male orchis, Orchis mascula, butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, Orchis papilionaceae, Orchis spectabilis, purple orchis, showy orchis.

orchis (noun)	purple-hooded orchis (noun)
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens	North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood
any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes

Difference between orchis and purple-hooded orchis

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