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Definition of Cymbid
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers.
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Cymbidium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cymbid
Literary usage of Cymbid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Joseph Paxton (1849)
"They resemble, in fragrance, those of the Chinese cymbid, than which nothing is
more delicious ; and not a spot interferes with the pure ivory-white petals, ..."
2. Advanced Elocution: Designed as a Practical Treatise for Teachers and by J. W. Shoemaker, George Beswick Hynson, John Hendricks Bechtel (1896)
"... verb'l, nor allow it to be changed to short u, as in cymbid, verbul. Make a
proper distinction between the words medal, meddle; metal, mettle; pedal, ..."
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