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Malaxis

noun

large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan

• Syn: ↑genus Malaxis

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family

• Member Meronyms: ↑green adder's mouth, ↑Malaxis-unifolia, ↑Malaxis ophioglossoides

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\\məˈlaksə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, act of softening, from malassein to soften

: a genus of terrestrial orchids with solid tubers that produce simple stems bearing one or few leaves and a raceme of tiny mostly greenish flowers — see green adder's-mouth

Useful english dictionary. 2012.