GENUS CALANTHE
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Calanthe mean? • GENUS CALANTHE (noun)
The noun GENUS CALANTHE has 1 sense:
1. large and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids
Familiarity information: GENUS CALANTHE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS CALANTHE (noun)
Meaning:
Large and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Calanthe" 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 Calanthe"):
calanthe (any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise)
Holonyms ("genus Calanthe" 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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