| Noun | 1. | genus Selenipedium - genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla 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 |