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: ↑Brassia
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family
• Member Meronyms: ↑spider orchid, ↑Brassia lawrenceana, ↑Brassia verrucosa
Useful english dictionary. 2012.