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epidendrum
[ ep-i-den-druhm ]
noun
- any of numerous tropical American orchids of the genus Epidendrum, having variously colored, often showy flowers.
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Origin of epidendrum1
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Example Sentences
It looks like a depauperate L. epidendrum, but seems to be constantly collected.
Loddigesii, which was introduced to Europe a few years earlier, passed under the name of Epidendrum.
Cruger's case here referred to is doubtless the cleistogamic fertilisation of Epidendrum, etc.
From the ever-green forests of Papantla and Nautla comes the epidendrum vanilla, whose odoriferous fruit is used as a perfume.
Indeed, the sweet-scented little epidendrum called by the Chinese, lan, is continually used to suggest the Kuei and its inmates.
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