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CALOPOGON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Calopogon mean?
• CALOPOGON (noun)
The noun CALOPOGON has 1 sense:
1. terrestrial orchids of North America
Familiarity information: CALOPOGON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terrestrial orchids of North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calopogon; genus Calopogon
Hypernyms ("Calopogon" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Calopogon"):
Calopogon pulchellum; Calopogon tuberosum; grass pink (an orchid)
Holonyms ("Calopogon" 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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