GENUS RHYNCOSTYLIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rhyncostylis mean? 

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

1. genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS RHYNCOSTYLIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Rhyncostylis; Rhyncostylis

Hypernyms ("genus Rhyncostylis" 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 Rhyncostylis"):

foxtail orchid (any of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical raceme)

Holonyms ("genus Rhyncostylis" 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)