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    BLETILLA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletiaplay

    Synonyms:

    Bletilla; genus Bletilla

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "Bletilla"):

    Bletia striata; Bletilla striata (Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia)

    Holonyms ("Bletilla" 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)

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