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EBUROPHYTON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
Synonyms:
Eburophyton; genus Eburophyton
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Eburophyton" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Eburophyton"):
Eburophyton austinae; phantom orchid; snow orchid (waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho)
Holonyms ("Eburophyton" 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)