What is the definition of
orchid_family
1.
[ noun ]
(biology,botany) enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
Synonyms:
family_Orchidaceae
Orchidaceae
Related terms:
monocot_family
Orchidales
orchid
Aplectrum
genus_Bletia
genus_Aerides
Calopogon
genus_Arethusa
Cephalanthera
Bletilla
Corallorhiza
Brassia
genus_Brassavola
Cypripedium
Dracula
genus_Calypso
Catasetum
genus_Cattleya
Grammatophyllum
Cleistes
Coeloglossum
genus_Coelogyne
Listera
Coryanthes
Cycnoches
genus_Cymbidium
Dactylorhiza
genus_Caladenia
genus_Dendrobium
Plectorrhiza
genus_Pleurothallis
Dryadella
Eburophyton
Encyclia
Epidendrum
Epipactis
Glossodia
Goodyera
Pleione
Gymnadenia
Gymnadeniopsis
Habenaria
Hexalectris
Himantoglossum
genus_Laelia
genus_Liparis
genus_Disa
Malaxis
genus_Masdevallia
genus_Maxillaria
Miltonia
genus_Odontoglossum
genus_Oncidium
Ophrys
Paphiopedilum
genus_Phaius
Phalaenopsis
Pholidota
Phragmipedium
Platanthera
genus_Calanthe
Anoectochilus
genus_Angrecum
genus_Pogonia
Psychopsis
Pterostylis
Rhyncostylis
Sarcochilus
Scaphosepalum
Schomburgkia
Selenipedium
genus_Sobralia
Spiranthes
genus_Stanhopea
genus_Stelis
Trichoceros
genus_Vanda
genus_Vanilla
genus_Orchis
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Similar spelling:
orchidalgia
Orchidaceae
orchid_tree