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RHYNCOSTYLIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhyncostylis mean?
• RHYNCOSTYLIS (noun)
The noun RHYNCOSTYLIS has 1 sense:
1. genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia
Familiarity information: RHYNCOSTYLIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Rhyncostylis; Rhyncostylis
Hypernyms ("Rhyncostylis" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Rhyncostylis"):
foxtail orchid (any of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical raceme)
Holonyms ("Rhyncostylis" 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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