noun
1. comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips
• Syn: ↑genus Dracula
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family
2. fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional character, ↑fictitious character, ↑character
Useful english dictionary. 2012.