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GENUS LAELIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large genus of mostly epiphytic or lithophytic Central and South American orchids of various sizes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Laelia" 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 Laelia"):
laelia (any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors)
Holonyms ("genus Laelia" 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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