HyperDic: selenipedium

English > 1 sense of the word Selenipedium:
NOUNplantSelenipedium, genus Selenipediumgenus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids
English > Selenipedium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla / vanilla.
Synonymgenus Selenipedium
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus selenipedium, selenipedium
Catalangenus selenipedium, selenipedium

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