disa

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1. a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff (noun.group)

hypernym	:	agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office,
definition	:	an administrative unit of government (noun.group)

part meronym	:	defense, defense department, department of defense, dod, united states department of defense,
definition	:	the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 (noun.group)

2. any orchid of the genus Disa; beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers; much prized as emblematic flowers in their native regions (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	orchid, orchidaceous plant,
definition	:	any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus disa,
definition	:	genus of showy tropical African terrestrial orchids (noun.plant)

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