STELIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stelis mean? 

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

1. any of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STELIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("stelis" 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 ("stelis" is a member of...):

genus Stelis (genus of small caespitose orchids of tropical America)