genus phalaenopsis
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1. genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia (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 | : | moth orchid, moth plant, |
| definition | : | any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled grey and silver (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | butterfly plant, phalaenopsis amabilis, |
| definition | : | orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red (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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