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, ↑swan-flower, ↑swan-neck
• Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cycnoches, ↑genus Cycnoches
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I. nounsee swanflower
II. noun
see swan-neck 2
Useful english dictionary. 2012.