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EPIDENDRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Epidendrum mean?
• EPIDENDRUM (noun)
The noun EPIDENDRUM has 1 sense:
1. large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas; some native to United States
Familiarity information: EPIDENDRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas; some native to United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Epidendrum; genus Epidendrum
Hypernyms ("Epidendrum" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Epidendrum"):
epidendron (any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum)
Holonyms ("Epidendrum" 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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