GENUS MAXILLARIA

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Meaning:

Large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Maxillaria" 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 Maxillaria"):

maxillaria (any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Maxillaria" 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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