GENUS SCAPHOSEPALUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Scaphosepalum mean? 

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

1. comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants with small flowers carried on one scape

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SCAPHOSEPALUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants with small flowers carried on one scape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Scaphosepalum; Scaphosepalum

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

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Holonyms ("genus Scaphosepalum" 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)