GENUS POGONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pogonia mean? 

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

1. small but widely distributed genus of orchids closely related to genus Cleistes;: of damp or boggy areas of north temperate zone

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS POGONIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Small but widely distributed genus of orchids closely related to genus Cleistes;: of damp or boggy areas of north temperate zone

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Pogonia" 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 Pogonia"):

pogonia (any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower)

Holonyms ("genus Pogonia" 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)