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GOODYERA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers
Synonyms:
genus Goodyera; Goodyera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Goodyera" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Goodyera"):
helleborine; rattlesnake plantain (any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme)
Holonyms ("Goodyera" 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)