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APLECTRUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
Synonyms:
Aplectrum; genus Aplectrum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Aplectrum" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Aplectrum"):
adam-and-eve; Aplectrum hyemale; puttyroot (North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers)
Holonyms ("Aplectrum" 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)