| Noun | 1. | genus Liparis - genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids; pantropical to temperate 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 liparis - an orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes twayblade - an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves fen orchid, fen orchis, Liparis loeselii - small terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowers |
| 2. | genus Liparis - type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes fish genus - any of various genus of fish Liparis liparis, sea snail, seasnail, snailfish - small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish |