MAXILLARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maxillaria mean? 

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

1. any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAXILLARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("maxillaria" is a member of...):

genus Maxillaria (large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes)