genus dracula

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   comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips

   SynonymsDracula

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofOrchidaceae

Questions about genus dracula

What does genus dracula mean?

genus dracula means "comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips".

What is another word for genus dracula?

Close synonyms include Dracula. 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 dracula a common word?

genus dracula 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.