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Noun: rosebud orchid
  1. Orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-coloured flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
    - Cleistes rosea, Pogonia rosea

Derived forms: rosebud orchids

Type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant

Part of: Cleistes, genus Cleistes

Encyclopedia: Rosebud orchid