genus goodyera

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1. genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers (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	:	helleborine, rattlesnake plantain,
definition	:	any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme (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)