HyperDic: genus_masdevallia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Masdevallia:
NOUNplantgenus Masdevallialarge genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids whose flowers have sepals fused at the base forming a tube
English > genus Masdevallia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids whose flowers have sepals fused at the base forming a tube; includes orchids sometimes placed in genera ... / genera Dracula and Dryadella and Scaphosepalum.
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
MembersmasdevalliaAny of numerous orchids of the genus Masdevallia
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus masdevallia
Catalangenus masdevallia

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