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ANGRECUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does angrecum mean?
• ANGRECUM (noun)
The noun ANGRECUM has 1 sense:
1. any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers
Familiarity information: ANGRECUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("angrecum" 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 ("angrecum" is a member of...):
Angraecum; genus Angraecum; genus Angrecum (genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque)
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