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    GENUS OPHRYS

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    Meaning:

    A hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asiaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Ophrys; Ophrys

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Ophrys" 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 Ophrys"):

    spider orchid (any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys)

    Holonyms ("genus Ophrys" 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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