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moth orchid

moth orchid noun: any of the genus Phalaenopsis of orchids.

moth orchid: any of the genus Phalaenopsis of orchids
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Noun

moth orchid (plural moth orchids)

  1. Any of the genus Phalaenopsis of orchids.
    • He babysits the orchids that you bought and bloomed and are now watching decline in a stupor of regret, shame and despair. Give Chadwick that flowered-out, wrinkled old moth orchid you got a couple of months ago and he will nurse it back to blooming health.2019 April 10, Adrian Higgins, “This florist started caring for ailing orchids on the side. He’s now babysitting 13,000.”, in The Washington Post
    Synonyms:
    phalaenopsis

Synonyms of moth orchid

Forms of moth orchid

pluralmoth orchids

Questions about moth orchid

What does moth orchid mean?
Moth orchid means any of the genus Phalaenopsis of orchids.
What part of speech is moth orchid?
Moth orchid is a noun.
What is the plural of moth orchid?
The plural of moth orchid is moth orchids.

Words near moth orchid in the dictionary

  1. moth flour
  2. moth fly
  3. moth lacewing
  4. moth lacewings
  5. moth mullein
  6. moth orchid
  7. moth orchids
  8. moth-ball
  9. moth-balls
  10. moth-eaten
  11. moth-er

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