malaxis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Malaxis
    n 1: large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a
         few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green
         flowers; cosmopolitan [syn: {Malaxis}, {genus Malaxis}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Malaxis \Malaxis\ prop. n.
   A large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a
   few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green
   flowers; it is cosmopolitan.

   Syn: genus {Malaxis}.
        [WordNet 1.5]