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GENUS SARCOCHILUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sarcochilus mean?

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

1. diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS SARCOCHILUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sarcochilus; Sarcochilus

Hypernyms ("genus Sarcochilus" 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 Sarcochilus"):

orange-blossom orchid; Sarcochilus falcatus (diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip)

Holonyms ("genus Sarcochilus" 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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