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ORTHILIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Orthilia mean?
• ORTHILIA (noun)
The noun ORTHILIA has 1 sense:
1. a shrubby perennial rhizomatous evergreen herb; grows in damp coniferous woodlands in northern temperate regions
Familiarity information: ORTHILIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shrubby perennial rhizomatous evergreen herb; grows in damp coniferous woodlands in northern temperate regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Orthilia; Orthilia
Hypernyms ("Orthilia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Holonyms ("Orthilia" is a member of...):
family Pyrolaceae; Pyrolaceae; wintergreen family (evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia)
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