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Noun: Sarcochilus
  1. Diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colourful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia
    - genus Sarcochilus

Type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus

Part of: family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae

Encyclopedia: Sarcochilus