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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