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    GENUS ANGRAECUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesqueplay

    Synonyms:

    Angraecum; genus Angraecum; genus Angrecum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Angraecum" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Angraecum"):

    angrecum (any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers)

    Holonyms ("genus Angraecum" 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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