HyperDic: genus_orchis

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Orchis:
NOUNplantgenus Orchistype genus of the orchid family
English > genus Orchis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtype genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere.
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
MembersorchisAny of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgénero orchis, genus orchis
Catalangenus orchis

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