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BLETILLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia
Synonyms:
Bletilla; genus Bletilla
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Bletilla" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Bletilla"):
Bletia striata; Bletilla striata (Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia)
Holonyms ("Bletilla" 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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