Brassia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Brassia
    n 1: 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 [syn: {Brassia}, {genus Brassia}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Brassia \Brassia\ n.
   a genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having
   striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike
   flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips; the spider
   orchids.

   Syn: genus {Brassia}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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