PHAIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phaius mean? 

• PHAIUS (noun)
  The noun PHAIUS has 1 sense:

1. an orchid of the genus Phaius having large plicate leaves and racemes of showy flowers

  Familiarity information: PHAIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHAIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An orchid of the genus Phaius having large plicate leaves and racemes of showy flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("phaius" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("phaius" is a member of...):

genus Phaius (genus of Asiatic and Australian terrestrial orchids)