NOUN | plant | genus Pholidota, Pholidota | genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific |
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Meaning | genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific. | |
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Synonym | Pholidota | |
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 | rattlesnake orchid | Any 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 |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | genus pholidota, pholidota | |
Catalan | genus pholidota, pholidota |
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