GENUS CALOPOGON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Calopogon mean? 

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

1. terrestrial orchids of North America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CALOPOGON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Terrestrial orchids of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calopogon; genus Calopogon

Hypernyms ("genus Calopogon" 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 Calopogon"):

Calopogon pulchellum; Calopogon tuberosum; grass pink (an orchid)

Holonyms ("genus Calopogon" 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)