CLEISTES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cleistes mean? 

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

1. terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLEISTES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cleistes; genus Cleistes

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

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Cleistes"):

Cleistes divaricata; funnel-crest rosebud orchid; Pogonia divaricata; spreading pogonia (orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia)

Cleistes rosea; Pogonia rosea; rosebud orchid (orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia)

Holonyms ("Cleistes" 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)