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CORYANTHES
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids
Synonyms:
Coryanthes; genus Coryanthes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Coryanthes" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Coryanthes"):
helmet orchid; helmetflower (any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process)
Holonyms ("Coryanthes" 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)
