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RHYNCOSTYLIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia

Synonyms:

genus Rhyncostylis; Rhyncostylis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Rhyncostylis"):

foxtail orchid (any of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical raceme)

Holonyms ("Rhyncostylis" 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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