GENUS CALANTHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Calanthe mean? 

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

1. large and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CALANTHE (noun)

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Meaning:

Large and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Calanthe" 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 Calanthe"):

calanthe (any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise)

Holonyms ("genus Calanthe" 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)