genus orchis

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1. type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere (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	:	orchis,
definition	:	any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes (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)