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Definition of pogonia in English: pogonianounpɒˈɡəʊnɪəpəˈɡəʊnɪə An orchid of the northern hemisphere whose purple or yellowish-green flowers have a fringed lip. Genus Pogonia, family Orchidaceae Example sentencesExamples - In the proposed Burke Branch Wilderness, for instance, visitors can discover six-foot-tall cinnamon ferns, the rare whorled pogonia, and the last known mesic barren in North America.
- Small whorled pogonia is currently designated as Threatened in its entire range.
- "Small Whorled-Big Mission" shows Marines training in woods populated with the small whorled pogonia.
Origin Modern Latin, from Greek pōgōn beard + -ia1. Rhymes Amazonia, ammonia, Antonia, Babylonia, begonia, bonier, Catalonia, catatonia, Cephalonia, Estonia, Ionia, Laconia, Livonia, Macedonia, mahonia, Patagonia, pneumonia, Rondônia, sinfonia, Snowdonia, valonia, zirconia |