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bletilla

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ble⋅til⋅la

[bli-til-uh]
–noun
any of several terrestrial orchids of the genus Bletilla, of eastern Asia, as B. striata, having terminal clusters of showy purple or white flowers.

Origin:
< NL, equiv. to Blet(ia) a similar genus (named in honor of Louis Blet, botanist and apothecary at the Spanish court in 1794; see -ia ) + L -illa -illa
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bletilla

noun
small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia 
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