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GENUS OPHRYS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia

Synonyms:

genus Ophrys; Ophrys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Ophrys" 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 Ophrys"):

spider orchid (any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys)

Holonyms ("genus Ophrys" 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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