malaxis
- n large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan
malaxis-unifolia
- n North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals
malaxis ophioglossoides
- n North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals
malay archipelago
- n a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia