GENUS DISA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Disa mean? 

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

1. genus of showy tropical African terrestrial orchids

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DISA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of showy tropical African terrestrial orchids

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Disa" 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 Disa"):

disa (any orchid of the genus Disa; beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers; much prized as emblematic flowers in their native regions)

Holonyms ("genus Disa" 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)