orchidaceae
1. [ noun ] (biology,botany) enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
Synonyms: orchid_family family_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
Similar spelling:   Orchidales
  orchidalgia
  orchid_tree
  orchidlike
  orchidectomy
  orchid_family
  orchid_cactus