genus brassia

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   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

   SynonymsBrassia

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofOrchidaceae

Questions about genus brassia

What does genus brassia mean?

genus brassia means "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".

What is another word for genus brassia?

Close synonyms include Brassia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus brassia a common word?

genus brassia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.