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SCAPHOSEPALUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants with small flowers carried on one scape
Synonyms:
genus Scaphosepalum; Scaphosepalum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Scaphosepalum" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Holonyms ("Scaphosepalum" 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)