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CLEISTES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia
Synonyms:
Cleistes; genus Cleistes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cleistes" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Cleistes"):
Cleistes divaricata; funnel-crest rosebud orchid; Pogonia divaricata; spreading pogonia (orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia)
Cleistes rosea; Pogonia rosea; rosebud orchid (orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia)
Holonyms ("Cleistes" 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)
