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Angraecum

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n.1.a genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque.
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Noun1.Angraecum - genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesqueAngraecum - genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque
genus Angraecum, genus Angrecum
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
angrecum - any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers
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At an orchid show, Laroche explains to Orlean about Darwin's theory that a particular orchid, angraecum sesquipedale, is pollinated by a moth with a twelve-inch proboscis.
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