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    GENUS SARCOCHILUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asiaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Sarcochilus; Sarcochilus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Sarcochilus" 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 Sarcochilus"):

    orange-blossom orchid; Sarcochilus falcatus (diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip)

    Holonyms ("genus Sarcochilus" 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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