Definition of Trichoceros

1. Noun. Small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America.

Exact synonyms: Genus Trichoceros
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Orchidaceae, Orchid Family, Orchidaceae
Member holonyms: Fly Orchid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichoceros

Tribecan
Tribecans
Tribes of Israel
Tribonema
Tribonemaceae
Tribulation
Tribulus
Tribulus terestris
Trichechidae
Trichechus
Trichechus manatus
Trichinellicae
Trichinelloidea
Trichiuridae
Trichocephalus
Trichoceros (current term)
Trichodectes
Trichodontidae
Trichoglossus
Trichoglossus moluccanus
Tricholoma
Tricholoma aurantium
Tricholoma flavovirens
Tricholoma irinum
Tricholoma pardinum
Tricholoma pessundatum
Tricholoma populinum
Tricholoma sejunctum
Tricholoma vaccinum
Tricholoma venenata

Literary usage of Trichoceros

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville Kent (1880)
"Ceratium trichoceros, Ehr. sp. Cuirass with three elongate, setaceous, horn-like processes, the single posterior process straight, truncate, over six times ..."

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