OPHRYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ophrys mean? 

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

1. a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPHRYS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ophrys; Ophrys

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Ophrys"):

spider orchid (any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys)

Holonyms ("Ophrys" 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)