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GENUS HIMANTOGLOSSUM

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Meaning:

Small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region

Synonyms:

genus Himantoglossum; Himantoglossum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Himantoglossum" 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 Himantoglossum"):

Himantoglossum hircinum; lizard orchid (an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum)

Holonyms ("genus Himantoglossum" 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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