genus platanthera

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   herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres

   SynonymsPlatanthera

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofOrchidaceae

Questions about genus platanthera

What does genus platanthera mean?

genus platanthera means "herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres".

What is another word for genus platanthera?

Close synonyms include Platanthera. 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 platanthera a common word?

genus platanthera 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.