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Definition of Genus bletia
1. Noun. Genus of tropical American terrestrial orchids with large purple or pink flowers.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Orchidaceae, Orchid Family, Orchidaceae
Member holonyms: Bletia
Group relationships: Family Orchidaceae, Orchid Family, Orchidaceae
Member holonyms: Bletia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bletia
Literary usage of Genus bletia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1838)
"It is a free-growing and also a free- flowering plant, requiring the same treatment
as the genus Bletia. Bot. Reg. 60. ..."