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GENUS MAXILLARIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Maxillaria" 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 Maxillaria"):
maxillaria (any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Maxillaria" 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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