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

1 sense of cleistes

Sense 1
Cleistes, genus Cleistes -- (terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia)
       => monocot genus, liliopsid genus -- (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)