GENUS PLEUROTHALLIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pleurothallis mean? 

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

1. large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PLEUROTHALLIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical America

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Pleurothallis" 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 Pleurothallis"):

pleurothallis (any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Pleurothallis" 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)