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Noun: jumping orchid
  1. Orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
    - Catasetum macrocarpum

Derived forms: jumping orchids

Type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant

Part of: Catasetum, genus Catasetum

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