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PSYCHOPSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Psychopsis mean?
• PSYCHOPSIS (noun)
The noun PSYCHOPSIS has 1 sense:
1. epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium
Familiarity information: PSYCHOPSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Psychopsis; Psychopsis
Hypernyms ("Psychopsis" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Psychopsis"):
butterfly orchid (any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids)
Holonyms ("Psychopsis" 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)
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