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moth orchids

moth orchids is the plural of moth orchid.

Meaning of moth orchid

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

Questions about moth orchids

What is moth orchids the plural of?
Moth orchids is the plural of moth orchid.

Words near moth orchids in the dictionary

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

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