| 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
 • Syn:
 Brassia
 • Hypernyms:
 monocot genus, liliopsid genus
 • Member Holonyms:
 Orchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid family
 • Member Meronyms:
 spider orchid, Brassia lawrenceana, Brassia verrucosa
 
 
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