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GENUS COELOGLOSSUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Coeloglossum mean?
• GENUS COELOGLOSSUM (noun)
The noun GENUS COELOGLOSSUM has 1 sense:
1. terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe: satyr orchid
Familiarity information: GENUS COELOGLOSSUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe: satyr orchid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Coeloglossum; genus Coeloglossum
Hypernyms ("genus Coeloglossum" 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 Coeloglossum"):
Coeloglossum bracteatum; satyr orchid (orchid with broad ovate leaves and long-bracted green very irregular flowers)
Coeloglossum viride; frog orchid (orchid having hooded long-bracted green to yellow-green flowers suffused with purple)
Holonyms ("genus Coeloglossum" 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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