CALADENIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caladenia mean? 

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

1. any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALADENIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caladenia"):

Caladenia cairnsiana; zebra orchid (orchid with reddish linear leaves and panicle of purple-marked pale-yellow flowers with deep red or purple lip; southwestern Australia)

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

genus Caladenia (terrestrial orchids of Australia to New Caledonia)