HyperDic: genus_arethusa

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Arethusa:
NOUNplantgenus Arethusagenus of bog orchids of North America and Japan
English > genus Arethusa: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of bog orchids of North America and Japan.
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
MembersarethusaAny of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers
bog rose, wild pink, dragon's mouth, Arethusa bulbosaA bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus arethusa
Catalangenus arethusa

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