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GENUS CALADENIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terrestrial orchids of Australia to New Caledonia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Caladenia" 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 Caladenia"):
caladenia (any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia)
Caladenia cairnsiana; zebra orchid (orchid with reddish linear leaves and panicle of purple-marked pale-yellow flowers with deep red or purple lip; southwestern Australia)
Holonyms ("genus Caladenia" 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)
