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BRASSIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids
Synonyms:
Brassia; genus Brassia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Brassia" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Brassia"):
Brassia lawrenceana; spider orchid (South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers)
Brassia verrucosa; spider orchid (Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts)
Holonyms ("Brassia" is a member of...):
family Orchidaceae; orchid family; Orchidaceae (enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers)
