OPHRYS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Ophrys mean? • OPHRYS (noun)
The noun OPHRYS has 1 sense:
1. a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia
Familiarity information: OPHRYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OPHRYS (noun)
Meaning:
A hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Ophrys; Ophrys
Hypernyms ("Ophrys" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Ophrys"):
spider orchid (any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys)
Holonyms ("Ophrys" 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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