moth plant

moth plant
noun
any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled grey and silver
Syn: ↑moth orchid
Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Phalaenopsis, ↑genus Phalaenopsis

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