GENUS DRYADELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dryadella mean? 

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

1. comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DRYADELLA (noun)

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Meaning:

Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dryadella; genus Dryadella

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

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

Holonyms ("genus Dryadella" 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)