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    GYMNADENIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasiaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Gymnadenia; Gymnadenia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Gymnadenia" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "Gymnadenia"):

    fragrant orchid; Gymnadenia conopsea (European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs)

    Gymnadenia odoratissima; short-spurred fragrant orchid (similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spurs)

    Holonyms ("Gymnadenia" 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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