GENUS STANHOPEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Stanhopea mean? 

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

1. genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS STANHOPEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Stanhopea" 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 Stanhopea"):

stanhopea (any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a single large leaf and loose racemes of large fragrant flowers of various colors; Mexico to Brazil)

Holonyms ("genus Stanhopea" 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)