TRICHOCEROS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Trichoceros mean? 

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

1. small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRICHOCEROS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Trichoceros; Trichoceros

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Trichoceros"):

fly orchid (any of several dwarf creeping orchids with small bizarre insect-like hairy flowers on slender stalks)

Holonyms ("Trichoceros" 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)