NOUN | plant | Malaxis, genus Malaxis | large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers |
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Meaning | large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan. | |
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Synonym | genus Malaxis | |
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 | green adder's mouth, Malaxis-unifolia, Malaxis ophioglossoides | North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | genus malaxis, malaxis | |
Catalan | genus malaxis, malaxis |
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