GENUS GRAMMATOPHYLLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Grammatophyllum mean? 

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

1. small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of southeastern Asia to Polynesia; the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS GRAMMATOPHYLLUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of southeastern Asia to Polynesia; the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Grammatophyllum; Grammatophyllum

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

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

Holonyms ("genus Grammatophyllum" 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)