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GENUS ARETHUSA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Arethusa" 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 Arethusa"):
arethusa (any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers)
Arethusa bulbosa; bog rose; dragon's mouth; wild pink (a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla; Canada)
Holonyms ("genus Arethusa" 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)
