Gymnadeniopsis

noun

Gym·​na·​de·​ni·​op·​sis

in some classifications

: a genus of North American terrestrial orchids that have appendages on the beak of the stigma and are now usually included in the genus Habenaria

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Gymnadenia + -opsis

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