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CEPHALANTHERA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids
Synonyms:
Cephalanthera; genus Cephalanthera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cephalanthera" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Cephalanthera"):
helleborine (any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera)
Cephalanthera rubra; red helleborine (orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers)
Holonyms ("Cephalanthera" 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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