PLECTORRHIZA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Plectorrhiza mean? 

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

1. small genus of Australian orchids

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLECTORRHIZA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of Australian orchids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Plectorrhiza; Plectorrhiza

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Plectorrhiza"):

tangle orchid (an orchid of the genus Plectorrhiza having tangled roots and long wiry stems bearing lax racemes of small fragrant green flowers)

Holonyms ("Plectorrhiza" 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)