GENUS ARETHUSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Arethusa mean? 

• GENUS ARETHUSA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ARETHUSA has 1 sense:

1. genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan

  Familiarity information: GENUS ARETHUSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ARETHUSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Arethusa" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Arethusa"):

arethusa (any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers)

Arethusa bulbosa; bog rose; dragon's mouth; wild pink (a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla; Canada)

Holonyms ("genus Arethusa" 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)