ODONTOGLOSSUM

Meaning of ODONTOGLOSSUM in English

n. any of various orchids bearing flowers with jagged edges like tooth-marks.

Etymology: ODONTO- + Gk glossa tongue

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

ODONTOGLOSSUM — noun see: gloss Date: 1880 any of a genus ( Odontoglossum ) of widely cultivated tropical American orchids
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ODONTOGLOSSUM — ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈgläsəm, -lȯs- noun Etymology: New Latin, from odont- + -glossum (from Greek glōssa tongue) — more at gloss 1. capitalized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ODONTOGLOSSUM — /oh don'teuh glos"euhm/ , n. any epiphytic orchid of the genus Odontoglossum, of the mountainous regions from Bolivia to Mexico. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ODONTOGLOSSUM — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek odont- + glōssa tongue — more at gloss Date: 1880 : any of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ODONTOGLOSSUM — [ ə(ʊ)ˌdɒntə(ʊ)'glɒsəm ] ■ noun an orchid bearing flowers with jagged edges like tooth marks. Origin C18: mod. L., from …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ODONTOGLOSSUM — [odon.to.glos.sum] n [NL, fr. Gk odont- + glossa tongue--more at gloss] (1880): any of a genus (Odontoglossum) of widely cultivated …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ODONTOGLOSSUM — genus embracing as many as 300 species of orchids, family Orchidaceae, that are primarily native to mountainous areas of tropical …
Britannica English vocabulary
ODONTOGLOSSUM — n. any of various orchids bearing flowers with jagged edges like tooth-marks. [ODONTO- + Gk glossa tongue]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ODONTOGLOSSUM — n. any of various orchids bearing flowers with jagged edges like tooth-marks. [ ODONTO- + Gk glossa tongue ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ODONTOGLOSSUM — n. Pronunciation: ō - ˌ dän-t ə - ' glä-s ə m Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek odont- …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BABY ORCHID — noun : a Guatemalan epiphytic orchid ( Odontoglossum grande ) that is often cultivated in the greenhouse for its large …
Webster's New International English Dictionary

Oxford English vocab

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