noun
any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan
• Syn: ↑swan orchid, ↑swanflower, ↑swanneck, ↑swan-neck
• Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cycnoches, ↑genus Cycnoches
Useful english dictionary. 2012.