GENUS DENDROBIUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dendrobium mean? • GENUS DENDROBIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS DENDROBIUM has 1 sense:
1. large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia
Familiarity information: GENUS DENDROBIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS DENDROBIUM (noun)
Meaning:
Large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Dendrobium" 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 Dendrobium"):
dendrobium (a plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Dendrobium" 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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