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BRASSIA VERRUCOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brassia verrucosa mean? 

BRASSIA VERRUCOSA (noun)
  The noun BRASSIA VERRUCOSA has 1 sense:

1. Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green wartsplay

  Familiarity information: BRASSIA VERRUCOSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRASSIA VERRUCOSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brassia verrucosa; spider orchid

Hypernyms ("Brassia verrucosa" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("Brassia verrucosa" is a member of...):

Brassia; genus Brassia (genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids)


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