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Definition of Cymbidium
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
Definition of Cymbidium
1. a tropical orchid [n -DIA or -DIUMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cymbidium
Literary usage of Cymbidium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh (1922)
"Blossoms of cymbidium Lowi with t;Iand-Iike intumescence (a) on the tops of the
... I observed one such case in cymbidium Lowi. The blossoms, normally large ..."
2. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"... costata alba, cymbidium ... a gem of a plant ; the beautiful crosses, cymbidium
eburneo-Lowii, ..."
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