GENUS MAXILLARIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Maxillaria mean? • GENUS MAXILLARIA (noun)
The noun GENUS MAXILLARIA has 1 sense:
1. large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes
Familiarity information: GENUS MAXILLARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS MAXILLARIA (noun)
Meaning:
Large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Maxillaria" 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 Maxillaria"):
maxillaria (any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Maxillaria" 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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