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Brassia

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n.1.a genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips; the spider orchids.
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Noun1.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 orchidsBrassia - 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
genus Brassia
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
Brassia lawrenceana, spider orchid - South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers
Brassia verrucosa, spider orchid - Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts
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Brassia orchids are epiphytic plants that can be found in some of the West Indian islands as well as some parts of America.
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