orchid family meaning

Noun: orchid family

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

Type of: liliopsid family, monocot family

Part of: Orchidales, order Orchidales

Encyclopedia: Orchid family

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1. They are therefore included within the orchid family.
2. The Orchid family has a somewhat undeserved reputation as the prima donna of the flower world.
3. Bananas don't grow on trees, but on plants, members of the lily / orchid family.
4. In plant systematics "'Epidendroideae "'is a subfamily of the orchid family, Orchidaceae.
5. People who specialize in the Orchid family usually spend years naming different species based on DNA and morphology ."