genus cleistes

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   terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia

   SynonymsCleistes

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofOrchidaceae

Questions about genus cleistes

What does genus cleistes mean?

genus cleistes means "terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia".

What is another word for genus cleistes?

Close synonyms include Cleistes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus cleistes a common word?

genus cleistes is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.