GENUS ORTHILIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Orthilia mean? 

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

1. a shrubby perennial rhizomatous evergreen herb; grows in damp coniferous woodlands in northern temperate regions

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ORTHILIA (noun)

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Meaning:

A shrubby perennial rhizomatous evergreen herb; grows in damp coniferous woodlands in northern temperate regions

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Orthilia; Orthilia

Hypernyms ("genus Orthilia" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Holonyms ("genus Orthilia" is a member of...):

family Pyrolaceae; Pyrolaceae; wintergreen family (evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia)