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Noun: genus Cleistes
  1. Terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia
    - Cleistes

Type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus

Part of: family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae

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