Indian crocus

Indian crocus
noun
any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing one or two solitary white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers with slender stalks
Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Pleione, ↑genus Pleione

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