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GENUS ONCIDIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Oncidium" 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 Oncidium"):
butterfly orchid; butterfly plant; dancing lady orchid; oncidium (any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants)
Holonyms ("genus Oncidium" 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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