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brassavola

noun

any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7

• Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Brassavola

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\\ˌbrasəˈvōlə, braˈsavələ\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, after A.M. Brassavola died 1570 Italian botanist

: a genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids (family Orchidaceae) with thick solitary leaves

Useful english dictionary. 2012.