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DACTYLORHIZA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa
Synonyms:
Dactylorhiza; genus Dactylorhiza
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dactylorhiza" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Dactylorhiza"):
marsh orchid (any of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous roots; Europe and Mediterranean region)
common spotted orchid; Dactylorhiza fuchsii; Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii (European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple)
Holonyms ("Dactylorhiza" 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)
