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cymbidium

/sim-bid-ee-uhm/US // sɪmˈbɪd i əm //UK // (sɪmˈbɪdɪəm) //

兰花,蕙兰,蕙兰花,莲花

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various orchids of the genus Cymbidium, native to Asia and Australia, having long clusters of numerous showy, variously colored flowers.

Examples

  • Among miscellaneous examples here is a handsome specimen of Cymbidium Devonianum, and a very remarkable hybrid of Catt.

  • We have another house devoted mainly to Cymbidium, in which they have been planted out for some years, with results worth noting.

  • Cymbidium has been enriched by the hybridist, the section Cyperorchis being merged in true Cymbidium.

  • The acquisitions in Botany consisted of some fine Cyrtandraceæ, a Cymbidium, and some ferns.

  • The only hybrids of Cymbidium known to me are eburneo-Lowianum and its converse, Lowiano-eburneum.