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GENUS SARCOCHILUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia
Synonyms:
genus Sarcochilus; Sarcochilus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Sarcochilus" 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 Sarcochilus"):
orange-blossom orchid; Sarcochilus falcatus (diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip)
Holonyms ("genus Sarcochilus" 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)
