EPIDENDRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epidendron mean? 

• EPIDENDRON (noun)
  The noun EPIDENDRON has 1 sense:

1. any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum

  Familiarity information: EPIDENDRON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPIDENDRON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("epidendron" is a member of...):

Epidendrum; genus Epidendrum (large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas; some native to United States)