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SCHOMBURGKIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with showy racemose flowers
Synonyms:
genus Schomburgkia; Schomburgkia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Schomburgkia" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Holonyms ("Schomburgkia" 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)