Malaxis

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

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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