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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 slippersplay

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


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GENUS PHRAGMIPEDIUM (noun)


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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