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    GENUS CORALLORHIZA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; widely distributed in temperate regionsplay

    Synonyms:

    Corallorhiza; genus Corallorhiza

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Corallorhiza" 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 Corallorhiza"):

    coral root (a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor)

    Holonyms ("genus Corallorhiza" 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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