NOUN | plant | Gymnadenia, genus Gymnadenia | small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia |
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Meaning | small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia. | |
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Synonym | genus Gymnadenia | |
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 | fragrant orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea | European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs |
short-spurred fragrant orchid, Gymnadenia odoratissima | Similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spurs | |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | genus gymnadenia, gymnadenia | |
Catalan | genus gymnadenia, gymnadenia |
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