Orchideengewächs

Definitions of Orchideengewächs
  1. noun
    any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
    synonyms: Knabenkrautgewächs
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    Orchidee
    any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
    Helmknabenkraut
    any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process
    Frauenschuh
    any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden
    Sumpfstendelwurz, Sumpfwurz
    any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
    Bocksorchis, Riemenzunge
    an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum
    Kriechstendel, Netzblatt
    an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers
    Vanillepflanze
    a climbing orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America
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    Blume
    a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
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