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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Bot.) A Central American orchid (
Peristeria elata ), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; -- called alsoHoly Spirit plant .
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- noun A Central American
orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerousglobose white fragrant flowers. The column in the centre of the flower resembles a dove.
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