BRASSIA VERRUCOSA

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Meaning:

Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts

Synonyms:

Brassia verrucosa; spider orchid

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Brassia verrucosa" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("Brassia verrucosa" is a member of...):

Brassia; genus Brassia (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)

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