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    GENUS CYCNOCHES

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchidsplay

    Synonyms:

    Cycnoches; genus Cycnoches

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Cycnoches" 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 Cycnoches"):

    swan-flower; swan-neck; swan orchid; swanflower; swanneck (any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan)

    Holonyms ("genus Cycnoches" 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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