DENDROBIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dendrobium mean? 

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

1. a plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENDROBIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("dendrobium" 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 ("dendrobium" is a member of...):

genus Dendrobium (large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia)