HyperDic: genus_cycnoches

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cycnoches:
NOUNplantgenus Cycnoches, Cycnochesgenus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids
English > genus Cycnoches: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids.
SynonymCycnoches
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
Membersswan orchid, swanflower, swan-flower, swanneck, swan-neckAny of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishcycnoches, genus cycnoches
Catalancycnoches, genus cycnoches

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