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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 warts
Familiarity information: BRASSIA VERRUCOSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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