genus coryanthes

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   small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids

   SynonymsCoryanthes

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofOrchidaceae

Questions about genus coryanthes

What does genus coryanthes mean?

genus coryanthes means "small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids".

What is another word for genus coryanthes?

Close synonyms include Coryanthes. 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 coryanthes a common word?

genus coryanthes 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.