Brassia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Brassia
       n : 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: {genus Brassia}]