GENUS LAELIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Laelia mean? 

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

1. large genus of mostly epiphytic or lithophytic Central and South American orchids of various sizes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LAELIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Large genus of mostly epiphytic or lithophytic Central and South American orchids of various sizes

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Laelia" 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 Laelia"):

laelia (any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors)

Holonyms ("genus Laelia" 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)