HyperDic: genus_bletia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Bletia:
NOUNplantgenus Bletiagenus of tropical American terrestrial orchids with large purple or pink flowers
English > genus Bletia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of tropical American terrestrial orchids with large purple or pink flowers.
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
MembersbletiaAny of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus bletia
Catalangenus bletia

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