orchidaceae meaning

Noun: Orchidaceae

1. Enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
   - family Orchidaceae, orchid family

Type of: liliopsid family, monocot family

Part of: Orchidales, order Orchidales

Encyclopedia: Orchidaceae

[Medicine]
A plant family of the order Orchidales,subclass Liliidae,class Liliopsida (monocotyledons). All orchids have the same bilaterally symmetrical flower structure,with three sepals,but the flowers vary greatly in color and shape.

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1. paphiopedilum microchilum, a new species of orchidaceae from yunnan, china
2. paphiopedilum densissimum, a new species of orchidaceae from yunnan, china
3. novelities of the orchidaceae of guizhou, china
4. two genera and four species of the orchidaceae newly recorded in china
5. survey of primary habitats of eulophia flava orchidaceae and study of its growth and development