HyperDic: genus_pleurothallis

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Pleurothallis:
NOUNplantgenus Pleurothallislarge genus of epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical America
English > genus Pleurothallis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge genus of epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical America.
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
MemberspleurothallisAny of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus pleurothallis
Catalangenus pleurothallis

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