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TRICHOCEROS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America
Synonyms:
genus Trichoceros; Trichoceros
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Trichoceros" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Trichoceros"):
fly orchid (any of several dwarf creeping orchids with small bizarre insect-like hairy flowers on slender stalks)
Holonyms ("Trichoceros" 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)