GENUS ORCHIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Orchis mean? • GENUS ORCHIS (noun)
The noun GENUS ORCHIS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere
Familiarity information: GENUS ORCHIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS ORCHIS (noun)
Meaning:
Type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Orchis" 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 Orchis"):
orchis (any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes)
Holonyms ("genus Orchis" 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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