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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 orchidsplay

    Synonyms:

    Brassia; genus Brassia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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