paphiopedilum
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1. horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium (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 | : | venus' slipper, venus's shoe, venus's slipper, |
| definition | : | any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips (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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