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CYCNOCHES
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids
Synonyms:
Cycnoches; genus Cycnoches
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cycnoches" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Cycnoches"):
swan-flower; swan-neck; swan orchid; swanflower; swanneck (any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan)
Holonyms ("Cycnoches" 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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