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GENUS AERIDES

• GENUS AERIDES (noun)
The noun GENUS AERIDES has 1 sense:

1. epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia having stiff leaves and fragrant white flowers in arching racemes

Familiarity information: GENUS AERIDES used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS AERIDES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia having stiff leaves and fragrant white flowers in arching racemes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Aerides" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Aerides"):

aerides (any orchid of the genus Aerides)

Holonyms ("genus Aerides" is a member of...):

family Orchidaceae; orchid family; Orchidaceae (enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers)

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