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GENUS VANDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of showy epiphytic orchids of Himalayas to Malaysia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Vanda" 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 Vanda"):
vanda (any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes)
blue orchid; Vanda caerulea (famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Vanda" 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)
