Meanings
plural moth orchids
- 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 PostSynonyms: phalaenopsis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the genus Phalaenopsis of orchids.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
moth orchid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moth%20orchid
“moth orchid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moth%20orchid. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moth orchid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moth%20orchid.
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