HyperDic: genus_brassia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Brassia:
NOUNplantgenus Brassia, Brassiagenus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips
English > genus Brassia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids.
SynonymBrassia
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
Membersspider orchid, Brassia lawrenceanaSouth American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers
spider orchid, Brassia verrucosaCentral American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishbrassia, genus brassia
Catalanbrassia, genus brassia

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