Akademik

Brassia

noun

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

• Syn: ↑genus Brassia

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family

• Member Meronyms: ↑spider orchid, ↑Brassia lawrenceana, ↑Brassia verrucosa

* * *

\\ˈbrasēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from William Brass, 18th century English botanical collector + New Latin -ia

: a genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids (family Orchidaceae) with one or two leaves to each pseudobulb and striking axillary racemes of flowers with narrow long-tailed sepals and warty lips — see spider orchid

Useful english dictionary. 2012.