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GENUS ANGRAECUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque
Synonyms:
Angraecum; genus Angraecum; genus Angrecum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Angraecum" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Angraecum"):
angrecum (any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Angraecum" 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)
