NOUN | plant | genus Paphiopedilum, Paphiopedilum | horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids |
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Meaning | horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon ... / Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium. | |
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Synonym | Paphiopedilum | |
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 |
Members | Venus' slipper, Venus's slipper, Venus's shoe | Any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | genus paphiopedilum, paphiopedilum | |
Catalan | genus paphiopedilum, paphiopedilum, Paphiopedilum |
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