Audio English.net » Dictionary » P » Podocarpus Family ... Point Mutation

POGONIA

• 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.

• POGONIA (noun)

Sense 1

pogonia ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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)

"There's no time like the present."
(English proverb)
"A man says his word to the face"
(Azerbaijani proverb)
"Every disease has a medicine except for death."
(Arabic proverb)
"A crazy father and mother make sensible children."
(Corsican proverb)

What other visitors were searching for:

What does pogonia mean?
Study dictionary
Definition of pogonia
Free English language dictionary
Proper usage of the word pogonia
American accent
Pogonia meaning

Related FAQs:
• POGONIA

Page delivered in 0.077 seconds