PLATANTHERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Platanthera mean? 

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

1. herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLATANTHERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Platanthera; Platanthera

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Platanthera"):

Habenaria bifolia; lesser butterfly orchid; Platanthera bifolia (south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria)

greater butterfly orchid; Habenaria chlorantha; Platanthera chlorantha (south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria)

Holonyms ("Platanthera" 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)