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GENUS POGONIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small but widely distributed genus of orchids closely related to genus Cleistes;: of damp or boggy areas of north temperate zone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Pogonia" 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 Pogonia"):
pogonia (any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower)
Holonyms ("genus Pogonia" 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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