HyperDic: genus_cattleya

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cattleya:
NOUNplantgenus Cattleyalarge and highly valued genus of beautiful tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids
English > genus Cattleya: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge and highly valued genus of beautiful tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids; the typical orchids; known in many varieties.
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
MemberscattleyaAny orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus cattleya
Catalangenus cattleya

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