| 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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| Noun | 1. |  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 orchidsliliopsid 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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