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EPIDENDRUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas; some native to United States
Synonyms:
Epidendrum; genus Epidendrum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Epidendrum" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Epidendrum"):
epidendron (any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum)
Holonyms ("Epidendrum" 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)