HIMANTOGLOSSUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Himantoglossum mean? 

• HIMANTOGLOSSUM (noun)
  The noun HIMANTOGLOSSUM has 1 sense:

1. small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region

  Familiarity information: HIMANTOGLOSSUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIMANTOGLOSSUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Himantoglossum; Himantoglossum

Hypernyms ("Himantoglossum" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Himantoglossum"):

Himantoglossum hircinum; lizard orchid (an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum)

Holonyms ("Himantoglossum" 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)