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GLOSSODIA

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Meaning:

Small genus of Australian orchids

Synonyms:

genus Glossodia; Glossodia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Glossodia" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Glossodia"):

tongue-flower; tongueflower (orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base)

Holonyms ("Glossodia" 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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