jumping orchid

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jumping orchid - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  jumping orchid
      n 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 [syn: jumping orchid, Catasetum macrocarpum]