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CALADENIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("caladenia" is a kind of...):
orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caladenia"):
Caladenia cairnsiana; zebra orchid (orchid with reddish linear leaves and panicle of purple-marked pale-yellow flowers with deep red or purple lip; southwestern Australia)
Holonyms ("caladenia" is a member of...):
genus Caladenia (terrestrial orchids of Australia to New Caledonia)