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GENUS PLEUROTHALLIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical America
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Pleurothallis" 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 Pleurothallis"):
pleurothallis (any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Pleurothallis" 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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