malaxis

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malaxis - 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]

malaxis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]