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SELENIPEDIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla
Synonyms:
genus Selenipedium; Selenipedium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Selenipedium" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Holonyms ("Selenipedium" 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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