genus dryadella

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   comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers

   SynonymsDryadella

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofOrchidaceae

Questions about genus dryadella

What does genus dryadella mean?

genus dryadella means "comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers".

What is another word for genus dryadella?

Close synonyms include Dryadella. 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 dryadella a common word?

genus dryadella 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.