orchidaceae
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1. enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers (noun.plant)
member holonym | : | orchid, orchidaceous plant, |
definition | : | any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus orchis, |
definition | : | type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus aerides, |
definition | : | epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia having stiff leaves and fragrant white flowers in arching racemes (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus arethusa, |
definition | : | genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus bletia, |
definition | : | genus of tropical American terrestrial orchids with large purple or pink flowers (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | bletilla, genus bletilla, |
definition | : | small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus brassavola, |
definition | : | genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic rhizomatous orchids (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | brassia, genus brassia, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus caladenia, |
definition | : | terrestrial orchids of Australia to New Caledonia (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus calanthe, |
definition | : | large and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus calypso, |
definition | : | one species found throughout much of northern North America and Eurasia (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | catasetum, genus catasetum, |
definition | : | genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus cattleya, |
definition | : | large and highly valued genus of beautiful tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids; the typical orchids; known in many varieties (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | cleistes, genus cleistes, |
definition | : | terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | coeloglossum, genus coeloglossum, |
definition | : | terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe: satyr orchid (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus coelogyne, |
definition | : | large diverse genus of tropical Asiatic epiphytic orchids (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | corallorhiza, genus corallorhiza, |
definition | : | genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; widely distributed in temperate regions (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | coryanthes, genus coryanthes, |
definition | : | small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | cycnoches, genus cycnoches, |
definition | : | genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus cymbidium, |
definition | : | genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial Old World orchids; one of the most popular orchid genera (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | cypripedium, genus cypripedium, |
definition | : | genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus dendrobium, |
definition | : | large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus disa, |
definition | : | genus of showy tropical African terrestrial orchids (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | dracula, genus dracula, |
definition | : | comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | dryadella, genus dryadella, |
definition | : | comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | encyclia, genus encyclia, |
definition | : | large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | epidendrum, genus epidendrum, |
definition | : | large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas; some native to United States (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | epipactis, genus epipactis, |
definition | : | genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus goodyera, goodyera, |
definition | : | genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus grammatophyllum, grammatophyllum, |
definition | : | small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of southeastern Asia to Polynesia; the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus gymnadenia, gymnadenia, |
definition | : | small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus habenaria, habenaria, |
definition | : | chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsis (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus laelia, |
definition | : | large genus of mostly epiphytic or lithophytic Central and South American orchids of various sizes (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus liparis, |
definition | : | genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids; pantropical to temperate (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus listera, listera, |
definition | : | genus of terrestrial orchids having usually a single pair of broad shining leaves near the middle of the stem; found in temperate Asia and North America and Europe (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus malaxis, malaxis, |
definition | : | large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus masdevallia, |
definition | : | large genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids whose flowers have sepals fused at the base forming a tube; includes orchids sometimes placed in genera Dracula and Dryadella and Scaphosepalum (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus maxillaria, |
definition | : | large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus odontoglossum, |
definition | : | large and important genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids; some of the most widely grown species are often placed in other genera (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus oncidium, |
definition | : | large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus ophrys, ophrys, |
definition | : | a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus paphiopedilum, paphiopedilum, |
definition | : | horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus phaius, |
definition | : | genus of Asiatic and Australian terrestrial orchids (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus pholidota, pholidota, |
definition | : | genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus phragmipedium, phragmipedium, |
definition | : | genus of tropical American orchid species often included in genus Cypripedium or Paphiopedilum and Selenipedium: lady slippers (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus platanthera, platanthera, |
definition | : | herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus pleione, pleione, |
definition | : | small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus pleurothallis, |
definition | : | large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical America (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus pogonia, |
definition | : | small but widely distributed genus of orchids closely related to genus Cleistes;: of damp or boggy areas of north temperate zone (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus psychopsis, psychopsis, |
definition | : | epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus pterostylis, pterostylis, |
definition | : | genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus sarcochilus, sarcochilus, |
definition | : | diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus scaphosepalum, scaphosepalum, |
definition | : | comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants with small flowers carried on one scape (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus selenipedium, selenipedium, |
definition | : | genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus sobralia, |
definition | : | genus of tropical American orchids (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus spiranthes, spiranthes, |
definition | : | large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus stanhopea, |
definition | : | genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus stelis, |
definition | : | genus of small caespitose orchids of tropical America (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus trichoceros, trichoceros, |
definition | : | small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus vanda, |
definition | : | genus of showy epiphytic orchids of Himalayas to Malaysia (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus vanilla, |
definition | : | large genus of tropical climbing orchids; Old and New Worlds (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | orchidales, order orchidales, |
definition | : | order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae (noun.plant) |
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