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GENUS GLOSSODIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Glossodia mean?
• GENUS GLOSSODIA (noun)
The noun GENUS GLOSSODIA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of Australian orchids
Familiarity information: GENUS GLOSSODIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of Australian orchids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Glossodia; Glossodia
Hypernyms ("genus Glossodia" 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 Glossodia"):
tongue-flower; tongueflower (orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base)
Holonyms ("genus Glossodia" 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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