HyperDic: genus_pleione

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Pleione:
NOUNplantgenus Pleione, Pleionesmall genus of dwarf orchids
English > genus Pleione: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan.
SynonymPleione
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
MembersIndian crocusAny of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing one or two solitary white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers with slender stalks
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus pleione, pleione
Catalangenus pleione, pleione, Pleione

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