Definition of Psychopsis

1. Noun. Epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium.

Exact synonyms: Genus Psychopsis
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Orchidaceae, Orchid Family, Orchidaceae
Member holonyms: Butterfly Orchid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Psychopsis

Psocidae
Psocoptera
Psophia
Psophia crepitans
Psophiidae
Psophocarpus
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
Psoralea
Psoralea esculenta
Psorokóstaina
Pss.
Psyche
Psyche knot
Psyche knots
Psychodidae
Psychopsis (current term)
Psychopsis krameriana
Psychopsis papilio
Psychotria
Psychotria capensis
Psyllidae
Pt
Ptah
Pte
Pterelas
Pteretis
Pteretis struthiopteris
Pteridaceae
Pteridium
Pteridium aquilinum

Literary usage of Psychopsis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1887)
"Among the Planipennia the most remarkable insect was a new species of the singular genus Psychopsis (Newm.), from Mount Kosciusko, where it was common. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"Durand, under the name of H. (Psychopsis) micrantha, Nutt.). Some forms have been mistaken for //. marítima. California, along and near the coast and ..."

3. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1854)
"Entomologist, pp. 385, 416. 42. Late Departure of Swallows in 1842.—Zool. p. 77- 43. Description of Psychopsis mimica.—Zool. p. 125. 44. ..."

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