| prop. n. | 1. | A genus of chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; it includes species formerly placed in the genus Gymnadeniopsis. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Habenaria - chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsisliliopsid 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 fringed orchid, fringed orchis - any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip frog orchid - any of several green orchids of the genus Habenaria rein orchid, rein orchis - any of several American wildflowers with a kidney-shaped lip |
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