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Noun: genus Malaxis
  1. Large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan
    - Malaxis

Type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus

Part of: family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae