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GENUS DISA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of showy tropical African terrestrial orchids
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Disa" 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 Disa"):
disa (any orchid of the genus Disa; beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers; much prized as emblematic flowers in their native regions)
Holonyms ("genus Disa" 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)