NOUN | plant | genus Orchis | type genus of the orchid family |
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Meaning | type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere. | |
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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 | orchis | Any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | género orchis, genus orchis | |
Catalan | genus orchis |
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