GENUS SCHOMBURGKIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Schomburgkia mean? 

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

1. genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with showy racemose flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SCHOMBURGKIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with showy racemose flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Schomburgkia; Schomburgkia

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

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

Holonyms ("genus Schomburgkia" 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)