HyperDic: genus_epidendrum

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Epidendrum:
NOUNplantgenus Epidendrum, Epidendrumlarge and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas
English > genus Epidendrum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas; some native to United States.
SynonymEpidendrum
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
MembersepidendronAny of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishepidendrum, genus epidendrum
Catalanepidendrum, genus epidendrum

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