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CALOPOGON

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(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Terrestrial orchids of North America

Synonyms:

Calopogon; genus Calopogon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Calopogon" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Calopogon"):

Calopogon pulchellum; Calopogon tuberosum; grass pink (an orchid)

Holonyms ("Calopogon" 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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