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| any of various orchids of the genus Cymbidium, native to Asia and Australia, having long clusters of numerous showy, variously colored flowers. |
| cym·bid·i·um (sĭm-bĭd'ē-əm) n. Any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Cymbidium, native to tropical Asia and Australia and extensively hybridized and cultivated for their elongate clusters of showy blooms. [New Latin Cymbidium, genus name, from Latin cymba, boat, from Greek kumbē.] |
cymbidium
(genus Cymbidium), any of about 70 species of tropical and subtropical Asian orchids, family Orchidaceae, containing several thousand man-made hybrids. The flowers range from white and pale yellow to green, maroon, and dark bronze.
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