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orchid family, n.

enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
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Orchidaceae family Orchidaceae orchid family

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hypernym

monocot family, liliopsid family

member holonym

Orchidales, order Orchidales

member meronym

orchid, orchidaceous plant genus Orchis genus Aerides genus Angrecum, Angraecum, genus Angraecum Anoectochilus, genus Anoectochilus Aplectrum, genus Aplectrum genus Arethusa genus Bletia Bletilla, genus Bletilla genus Brassavola Brassia, genus Brassia genus Caladenia genus Calanthe Calopogon, genus Calopogon genus Calypso Catasetum, genus Catasetum genus Cattleya Cephalanthera, genus Cephalanthera Cleistes, genus Cleistes Coeloglossum, genus Coeloglossum genus Coelogyne Corallorhiza, genus Corallorhiza Coryanthes, genus Coryanthes Cycnoches, genus Cycnoches genus Cymbidium Cypripedium, genus Cypripedium Dactylorhiza, genus Dactylorhiza genus Dendrobium genus Disa Dracula, genus Dracula Dryadella, genus Dryadella Eburophyton, genus Eburophyton Encyclia, genus Encyclia Epidendrum, genus Epidendrum Epipactis, genus Epipactis Glossodia, genus Glossodia Goodyera, genus Goodyera Grammatophyllum, genus Grammatophyllum Gymnadenia, genus Gymnadenia Gymnadeniopsis, genus Gymnadeniopsis Habenaria, genus Habenaria Hexalectris, genus Hexalectris Himantoglossum, genus Himantoglossum genus Laelia genus Liparis Listera, genus Listera Malaxis, genus Malaxis genus Masdevallia genus Maxillaria Miltonia, genus Miltonia genus Odontoglossum genus Oncidium Ophrys, genus Ophrys Paphiopedilum, genus Paphiopedilum genus Phaius Phalaenopsis, genus Phalaenopsis Pholidota, genus Pholidota Phragmipedium, genus Phragmipedium Platanthera, genus Platanthera Plectorrhiza, genus Plectorrhiza Pleione, genus Pleione genus Pleurothallis genus Pogonia Psychopsis, genus Psychopsis Pterostylis, genus Pterostylis Rhyncostylis, genus Rhyncostylis Sarcochilus, genus Sarcochilus Scaphosepalum, genus Scaphosepalum Schomburgkia, genus Schomburgkia Selenipedium, genus Selenipedium genus Sobralia Spiranthes, genus Spiranthes genus Stanhopea genus Stelis Trichoceros, genus Trichoceros genus Vanda genus Vanilla