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genus Brassia

DEFINITIONS OF: genus Brassia

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n 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:
Brassia
Type of:
liliopsid genus, monocot genus
genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
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