orchid family

Noun

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orchid family - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers Synonyms: family Orchidaceae, Orchidaceae

Angraecum, Anoectochilus, Aplectrum, Bletilla, Brassia, Calopogon, Catasetum, Cephalanthera, Cleistes, Coeloglossum, Corallorhiza, Coryanthes, Cycnoches, Cypripedium, Dactylorhiza, Dracula, Dryadella, Eburophyton, Encyclia, Epidendrum, Epipactis, family Orchidaceae, genus Aerides, genus Angraecum, genus Angrecum, genus Anoectochilus, genus Aplectrum, genus Arethusa, genus Bletia, genus Bletilla, genus Brassavola, genus Brassia, genus Caladenia, genus Calanthe, genus Calopogon, genus Calypso, genus Catasetum, genus Cattleya, genus Cephalanthera, genus Cleistes, genus Coeloglossum, genus Coelogyne, genus Corallorhiza, genus Coryanthes, genus Cycnoches, genus Cymbidium, genus Cypripedium, genus Dactylorhiza, genus Dendrobium, genus Disa, genus Dracula, genus Dryadella, genus Eburophyton, genus Encyclia, genus Epidendrum, genus Epipactis, genus Glossodia, genus Goodyera, genus Grammatophyllum, genus Gymnadenia, genus Gymnadeniopsis, genus Habenaria, genus Hexalectris, genus Himantoglossum, genus Laelia, genus Liparis, genus Listera, genus Malaxis, genus Masdevallia, genus Maxillaria, genus Miltonia, genus Odontoglossum, genus Oncidium, genus Ophrys, genus Orchis, genus Paphiopedilum, genus Phaius, genus Phalaenopsis, genus Pholidota, genus Phragmipedium, genus Platanthera, genus Plectorrhiza, genus Pleione, genus Pleurothallis, genus Pogonia, genus Psychopsis, genus Pterostylis, genus Rhyncostylis, genus Sarcochilus, genus Scaphosepalum, genus Schomburgkia, genus Selenipedium, genus Sobralia, genus Spiranthes, genus Stanhopea, genus Stelis, genus Trichoceros, genus Vanda, genus Vanilla, Glossodia, Goodyera, Grammatophyllum, Gymnadenia, Gymnadeniopsis, Habenaria, Hexalectris, Himantoglossum, liliopsid family, Listera, Malaxis, Miltonia, monocot family, Ophrys, orchid, Orchidaceae, orchidaceous plant, Orchidales, order Orchidales, Paphiopedilum, Phalaenopsis, Pholidota, Phragmipedium, Platanthera, Plectorrhiza, Pleione, Psychopsis, Pterostylis, Rhyncostylis, Sarcochilus, Scaphosepalum, Schomburgkia, Selenipedium, Spiranthes, Trichoceros