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EBUROPHYTON

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Meaning:

A monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae

Synonyms:

Eburophyton; genus Eburophyton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Eburophyton"):

Eburophyton austinae; phantom orchid; snow orchid (waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho)

Holonyms ("Eburophyton" 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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