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MALAXIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan
Synonyms:
genus Malaxis; Malaxis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Malaxis" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Malaxis"):
green adder's mouth; Malaxis-unifolia; Malaxis ophioglossoides (North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals)
Holonyms ("Malaxis" is a member of...):
family Orchidaceae; orchid family; Orchidaceae (enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers)
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