genus catasetum
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1. genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | liliopsid genus, monocot genus, |
definition | : | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | catasetum macrocarpum, jumping orchid, |
definition | : | orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | family orchidaceae, orchid family, orchidaceae, |
definition | : | enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers (noun.plant) |
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