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{{for|the suburb of Sydney in Australia|Glossodia, New South Wales}}
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = WaxLip orchids
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| genus = '''''Glossodia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]]
}}

Glossodia are a small family of mostly purple orchids from Australia.  In spring vast numbers of ''Glossodia major'' flower on uncleared land.