genus selenipedium

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   genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla

   SynonymsSelenipedium

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofOrchidaceae

Questions about genus selenipedium

What does genus selenipedium mean?

genus selenipedium means "genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla".

What is another word for genus selenipedium?

Close synonyms include Selenipedium. 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 selenipedium a common word?

genus selenipedium 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.