English noun: Brassia | |||
1. | Brassia (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | genus Brassia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | liliopsid genus, monocot genus | ||
Member holonym | Brassia lawrenceana, Brassia verrucosa, spider orchid, spider orchid | ||
Member meronym | family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae | ||