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PLATANTHERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres
Synonyms:
genus Platanthera; Platanthera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Platanthera" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Platanthera"):
Habenaria bifolia; lesser butterfly orchid; Platanthera bifolia (south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria)
greater butterfly orchid; Habenaria chlorantha; Platanthera chlorantha (south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria)
Holonyms ("Platanthera" 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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