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GENUS AERIDES
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia having stiff leaves and fragrant white flowers in arching racemes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Aerides" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Aerides"):
aerides (any orchid of the genus Aerides)
Holonyms ("genus Aerides" 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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