HyperDic: genus_malaxis

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Malaxis:
NOUNplantgenus Malaxis, Malaxislarge genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers
English > genus Malaxis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan.
SynonymMalaxis
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
Membersgreen adder's mouth, Malaxis-unifolia, Malaxis ophioglossoidesNorth American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus malaxis, malaxis
Catalangenus malaxis, malaxis

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