noun
large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan
• Syn: ↑Malaxis
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family
• Member Meronyms: ↑green adder's mouth, ↑Malaxis-unifolia, ↑Malaxis ophioglossoides
Useful english dictionary. 2012.