| NOUN | plant | Phalaenopsis, genus Phalaenopsis | genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia |
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| Meaning | genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia. | |
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| Synonym | genus Phalaenopsis | |
| 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 | butterfly plant, Phalaenopsis amabilis | orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red |
| moth orchid, moth plant | Any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled grey and silver | |
| Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
| Spanish | genus phalaenopsis, phalaenopsis | |
| Catalan | genus phalaenopsis, phalaenopsis | |
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