EPIDENDRUM

Meaning of EPIDENDRUM in English

/ep'i den"dreuhm/ , n.

any of numerous tropical American orchids of the genus Epidendrum, having variously colored, often showy flowers.

[ 1785-95; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

EPIDENDRUM — noun see: dendr- Date: 1791 any of a large genus ( Epidendrum ) of chiefly epiphytic orchids found especially in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EPIDENDRUM — ˌepəˈdendrəm noun Etymology: New Latin, from epi- + Greek dendron tree; akin to Greek drys tree — more at tree …
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EPIDENDRUM — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek epi- + dendron tree — more at dendr- Date: 1791 : any of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EPIDENDRUM — [ep.i.den.drum] n [NL, fr. Gk epi- + dendron tree--more at dendr-] (1791): any of a large genus (Epidendrum) of chiefly …
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EPIDENDRUM — genus of tropical orchids, family Orchidaceae, with about 1,000 species that are distributed from southeastern North America to central South …
Britannica English vocabulary
EPIDENDRUM — Pronunciation: ˌ e-p ə - ' den-dr ə m Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek epi- + dendron tree …
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EPIDENDRON — noun see epidendrum 2
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TREE ORCHID — noun : an orchid of the genus Epidendrum
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BUTTERFLY ORCHID — noun also butterfly orchis 1. : either of two European terrestrial orchids of the genus Platanthera ( P. bifolia and …
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