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GENUS PHRAGMIPEDIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phragmipedium mean?
• GENUS PHRAGMIPEDIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS PHRAGMIPEDIUM has 1 sense:
1. genus of tropical American orchid species often included in genus Cypripedium or Paphiopedilum and Selenipedium: lady slippers
Familiarity information: GENUS PHRAGMIPEDIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical American orchid species often included in genus Cypripedium or Paphiopedilum and Selenipedium: lady slippers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Phragmipedium; Phragmipedium
Hypernyms ("genus Phragmipedium" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Holonyms ("genus Phragmipedium" 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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