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

Type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus

Part of: family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae

Encyclopedia: Cleistes

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Cleistes
Cleistes divaricata
Cleistes rosea
cleistocarp
cleistogamic
cleistogamous
cleistogamy
cleistothecium
clematis
Clematis baldwinii
Clematis crispa