GENUS ONCIDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Oncidium mean? 

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

1. large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ONCIDIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Oncidium" 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 Oncidium"):

butterfly orchid; butterfly plant; dancing lady orchid; oncidium (any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants)

Holonyms ("genus Oncidium" 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)