CYCNOCHES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cycnoches mean? 

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

1. genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYCNOCHES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cycnoches; genus Cycnoches

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Cycnoches"):

swan-flower; swan-neck; swan orchid; swanflower; swanneck (any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan)

Holonyms ("Cycnoches" 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)