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CATASETUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences
Synonyms:
Catasetum; genus Catasetum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Catasetum" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Catasetum"):
Catasetum macrocarpum; jumping orchid (orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected)
Holonyms ("Catasetum" 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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