NOUN | plant | genus Bletilla, Bletilla | small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia |
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Meaning | small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia. | |
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Synonym | Bletilla | |
Member of | Orchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid family | enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers |
Members | Bletilla striata, Bletia striata | Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | bletilla, genus bletilla | |
Catalan | bletilla, genus bletilla |
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