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cattleya

/kat-lee-uh, kat-lee-uh, -ley-uh/US // ˈkæt li ə, kætˈli ə, -ˈleɪ ə //UK // (ˈkætlɪə) //

牛郎织女,牛筋草,牛皮癣,牛舌兰

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several tropical American orchids of the genus Cattleya, having showy flowers ranging from white to purple.

Examples

  • Our Cattleya House is 187 feet long, 24 feet wide; glass screens divide it into seven compartments.

  • Here also is Cattleya bicolor Measuresiana, an exquisite example of a species always charming to my taste.

  • Cattleya Sanderiana was first discovered under circumstances rather odd.

  • Like Cattleya Schroderae it filled a gap when discovered in 1883, for there was no species at the time which flowered in July.

  • This was Cattleya Sanderiana—sometimes as much as eleven inches across; in colour, a tender rosy-mauve.