GENUS ANGRECUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Angrecum mean? 

• GENUS ANGRECUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS ANGRECUM has 1 sense:

1. genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque

  Familiarity information: GENUS ANGRECUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ANGRECUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Angraecum; genus Angraecum; genus Angrecum

Hypernyms ("genus Angrecum" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Angrecum"):

angrecum (any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Angrecum" 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)