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PLECTORRHIZA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of Australian orchids
Synonyms:
genus Plectorrhiza; Plectorrhiza
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Plectorrhiza" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Plectorrhiza"):
tangle orchid (an orchid of the genus Plectorrhiza having tangled roots and long wiry stems bearing lax racemes of small fragrant green flowers)
Holonyms ("Plectorrhiza" 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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