Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun paphiopedilum

1 sense of paphiopedilum

Sense 1
Paphiopedilum, genus Paphiopedilum -- (horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium)
       => monocot genus, liliopsid genus -- (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)