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   zebra orchid
         n 1: orchid with reddish linear leaves and panicle of purple-
               marked pale-yellow flowers with deep red or purple lip;
               southwestern Australia [syn: {zebra orchid}, {Caladenia
               cairnsiana}]

English Dictionary: zebra orchid by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zephyr \Zeph"yr\, n. [L. zephyrus, Gr. [?], akin to [?]
      darkness, the dark side, west: cf. F. z[82]phyr.]
      The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze. [bd]Soft
      the zephyr blows.[b8] --Gray.
  
               As gentle As zephyrs blowing below the violet. --Shak.
  
      {Zephyr cloth}, a thin kind of cassimere made in Belgium;
            also, a waterproof fabric of wool.
  
      {Zephyr shawl}, a kind of thin, light, embroidered shawl made
            of worsted and cotton.
  
      {Zephyr yarn}, [or] {worsted}, a fine, soft kind of yarn or
            worsted, -- used for knitting and embroidery.
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