GENUS ODONTOGLOSSUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Odontoglossum mean? 

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

1. large and important genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids; some of the most widely grown species are often placed in other genera

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

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• GENUS ODONTOGLOSSUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Large and important genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids; some of the most widely grown species are often placed in other genera

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Odontoglossum" 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 Odontoglossum"):

odontoglossum (any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors)

Holonyms ("genus Odontoglossum" 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)