GENUS EPIDENDRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Epidendrum mean? 

• GENUS EPIDENDRUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS 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: GENUS EPIDENDRUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS EPIDENDRUM (noun)

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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 ("genus 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 "genus Epidendrum"):

epidendron (any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum)

Holonyms ("genus 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)