HyperDic: genus_pholidota

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Pholidota:
NOUNplantgenus Pholidota, Pholidotagenus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific
English > genus Pholidota: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific.
SynonymPholidota
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
Membersrattlesnake orchidAny of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus pholidota, pholidota
Catalangenus pholidota, pholidota

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