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GYMNADENIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia
Synonyms:
genus Gymnadenia; Gymnadenia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gymnadenia" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Gymnadenia"):
fragrant orchid; Gymnadenia conopsea (European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs)
Gymnadenia odoratissima; short-spurred fragrant orchid (similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spurs)
Holonyms ("Gymnadenia" 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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