| brassia | (n) genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids, Syn. genus Brassia |
| spider orchid | (n) Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts, Syn. Brassia verrucosa |
| spider orchid | (n) South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers, Syn. Brassia lawrenceana |
| Brassia | n. a genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips; the spider orchids. |