HyperDic: genus_maxillaria

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Maxillaria:
NOUNplantgenus Maxillarialarge genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes
English > genus Maxillaria: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes.
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
MembersmaxillariaAny of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus maxillaria
Catalangenus maxillaria

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