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GENUS ANGRAECUM

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

1. genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque

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

• GENUS ANGRAECUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Angraecum; genus Angraecum; genus Angrecum

Hypernyms ("genus Angraecum" 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 Angraecum"):

angrecum (any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Angraecum" 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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