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PTEROSTYLIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific
Synonyms:
genus Pterostylis; Pterostylis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pterostylis" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Pterostylis"):
greenhood; helmet orchid (any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood)
Holonyms ("Pterostylis" 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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