GENUS DENDROBIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dendrobium mean? 

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

1. large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DENDROBIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Dendrobium" 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 Dendrobium"):

dendrobium (a plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Dendrobium" 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)