English > Cycnoches: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids. |
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| Synonym | genus Cycnoches |
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| Member of | Orchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid family | enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers |
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| Members | swan orchid, swanflower, swan-flower, swanneck, swan-neck | Any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan |
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| Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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| Spanish | cycnoches, genus cycnoches |
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| Catalan | cycnoches, genus cycnoches |
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