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POGONIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does pogonia mean?

• POGONIA (noun)
The noun POGONIA has 1 sense:

1. any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower

Familiarity information: POGONIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• POGONIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pogonia" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("pogonia" is a member of...):

genus Pogonia (small but widely distributed genus of orchids closely related to genus Cleistes;: of damp or boggy areas of north temperate zone)

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