APLECTRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aplectrum mean? 

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

1. a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• APLECTRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aplectrum; genus Aplectrum

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Aplectrum"):

adam-and-eve; Aplectrum hyemale; puttyroot (North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers)

Holonyms ("Aplectrum" 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)